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
Average Male Carolyn Height
177.59 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Carolyn Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Carolyn Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Carolyn (Hindi: कैरोलीन, Marathi: करोलेन) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Carolyn? popularity and diffusion
Carolyn is the 193,471st most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 3,352,137 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 61 percent of Carolyn live; 59 percent live in North America and 59 percent live in Anglo-North America. Carolyn is also the 1,047th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 884,598 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 1,282 people, or 1 in 282,729. In The United States it is mostly found in: California, where 12 percent reside, Texas, where 12 percent reside and Florida, where 6 percent reside. Beside The United States this last name exists in 41 countries. It is also common in New Zealand, where 16 percent reside and Australia, where 11 percent reside.
Carolyn Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Carolyn surname are 8.29% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 55.06% registered with the political 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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