Carolyn Surname
Approximately 2,174 people bear this surname
Carolyn Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,282 | 1:282,729 | 26,321 |
| New Zealand | 340 | 1:13,319 | 2,310 |
| Australia | 244 | 1:110,638 | 12,326 |
| Canada | 53 | 1:695,200 | 56,020 |
| England | 51 | 1:1,092,511 | 52,584 |
| Singapore | 39 | 1:141,223 | 6,278 |
| Papua New Guinea | 29 | 1:281,163 | 38,188 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Barbados | 12 | 1:23,954 | 1,149 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Israel | 10 | 1:855,763 | 54,181 |
| Wales | 9 | 1:343,837 | 18,086 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Carolyn (884,598) may also be a first name.
Carolyn Demographics
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Carolyn Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Carolyn Come From? nationality or country of origin
Carolyn (Hindi: कैरोलीन, Marathi: करोलेन) is found most frequently in The United States. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Carolyn? popularity and diffusion
It is the 193,471st most prevalent last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 3,352,137 people. The last name Carolyn is mostly found in The Americas, where 61 percent of Carolyn live; 59 percent live in North America and 59 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,047th most widely held forename in the world. It is borne by 884,598 people.
This surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 1,282 people, or 1 in 282,729. In The United States it is most numerous in: California, where 12 percent reside, Texas, where 12 percent reside and Florida, where 6 percent reside. Aside from The United States Carolyn exists in 41 countries. It is also found in New Zealand, where 16 percent reside and Australia, where 11 percent reside.
Carolyn Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Carolyn are 8.29% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 55.06% being registered with the party.
The amount Carolyn earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 12% less than the national average, earning $37,970 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.91% more than the national average, earning $50,136 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Carolyn Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Carolyn in the Hindi language | ||
| कैरोलीन | kairolina | - |
| Carolyn in the Marathi language | ||
| करोलेन | karolena | 33.33 |
| करोलीना | karolina | 33.33 |
| करोलीन | karolina | 33.33 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Carolyn
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