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The EDLIN surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,267 19687 0 5
United States (1880 census) 199 19393 0 4
Change since 1880 +1068 -294 +N/A +1
Other Countries
Australia 46 27361 0 3
United Kingdom 415 10158 0.001 9
Top States for EDLIN by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Kentucky 325 1790 0.008 80
California 87 26505 0.000 3
Washington 80 9268 0.001 14
Tennessee 68 7827 0.001 12
Missouri 64 10783 0.001 11
Top States for EDLIN by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Kentucky 325 1790 0.008 80
Mississippi 51 5207 0.002 18
Washington 80 9268 0.001 14
Tennessee 68 7827 0.001 12
Missouri 64 10783 0.001 11

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called EDLIN live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called EDLIN represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called EDLIN in Kentucky than any other state, but you are more likely to find a EDLIN by picking someone at random in Kentucky than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of EDLIN

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Diminutive

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the EDLIN surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the EDLIN surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of EDLIN in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Mixed Race 19 1.5
Black/African American 17 1.34
White (Hispanic) 13 1.03
White (Caucasian) 1,214 95.82
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the EDLIN surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of EDLIN in historical publications

EDLIN. Probably a corruption of the A-Sax. Atheling.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to EDLIN

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as EDLIN.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for EDLIN

The following words are slight variants of EDLIN that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.