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Where Does The Last Name Carkin Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Carkin is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Çarkin. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Carkin? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 780,352^nd most frequently occurring family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 20,075,884 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Carkin reside; 75 percent reside in North America and 75 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,525,482^nd most commonly used first name at a global level It is held by 44 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 280 people, or 1 in 1,294,496. In The United States it is most common in: Massachusetts, where 21 percent live, Oregon, where 9 percent live and New Hampshire, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account The United States this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Iraq, where 16 percent live and Indonesia, where 6 percent live.

Carkin Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Carkin has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Carkin last name grew 292 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Carkin Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Presbyterian (73%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Carkin surname are 11.92% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 65.15% registered to vote for the political party.

Carkin earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 12.51% more than the national average, earning $48,547 USD per year.