Curtin Surname

23,667th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22,892 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Curtin Surname Definition:

Mac Cruitin, Mac Cuirtín An old Thomond sept, now found chiefly in Co. Cork. IF 107; MIF 252; Map Clare

Curtin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States13,8421:26,1853,295
Ireland3,7241:1,264254
Australia2,0741:13,0161,881
England1,6991:32,7954,358
Canada4301:85,6879,504
New Zealand3071:14,7502,584
South Africa2401:225,74023,495
Wales1421:21,7922,311
Jamaica411:69,9993,452
Scotland371:144,6988,671
Thailand361:1,962,176235,280
Singapore341:161,9916,884
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Germany301:2,683,515132,064
France271:2,460,101186,232
Botswana221:99,40615,343
Israel161:534,85239,210
Northern Ireland151:123,0027,073
Switzerland141:586,63740,624
Netherlands131:1,299,01473,030
Jersey121:8,2671,718
Barbados101:28,7451,389
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Ecuador41:3,976,46228,589
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
China21:683,660,78330,601
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Guam11:160,1214,893
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland2,5161:1,761341
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1941:125,64611,793
Wales291:54,0832,718
Guernsey51:6,5311,136
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,2351:22,4692,819

Curtin (101) may also be a first name.

Curtin Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Mac Cruitin, Mac Cuirtín An old Thomond sept, now found chiefly in Co. Cork. IF 107; MIF 252; Map Clare

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

(Irish) Grandson of Cartan; the son of the hunchbacked man.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Curtin Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Curtin Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Curtin (Arabic: كورتين) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Curtin? popularity and diffusion

The surname Curtin is the 23,667th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 318,345 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Curtin live; 62 percent live in North America and 62 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 940,641st most frequently held given name throughout the world, borne by 101 people.

Curtin is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 13,842 people, or 1 in 26,185. In The United States Curtin is most prevalent in: New York, where 14 percent are found, Massachusetts, where 11 percent are found and California, where 8 percent are found. Besides The United States it occurs in 59 countries. It is also common in Ireland, where 16 percent are found and Australia, where 9 percent are found.

Curtin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Curtin has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Curtin surname rose 619 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 148 percent between 1901 and 2014; in England it rose 876 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 490 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 1,233 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Curtin Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Curtin surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Curtin surname are 0.13% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 53.1% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Curtin earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 12.49% less than the national average, earning 302,854 kr per year; in Peru they earn 632.63% more than the national average, earning S/. 142,020 per year; in South Africa they earn 106.2% more than the national average, earning R 490,008 per year; in United States they earn 15.68% more than the national average, earning $49,916 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.2% more than the national average, earning $58,228 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Courtin928,756/
Curtina92691/
Ciurtin92349/
Curting928/
Churtin926/
Curtion924/
Curttin921/
Curtien920/
Curtn911/
Courtien86201/
Courtion8624/
Courting8616/
Churtina861/
Courtina861/
Courtijn861/
Kurtin831,383/
Surtin83217/
Curten83137/
Cortin83126/
Jurtin8356/
Courtn834/
Curtim832/
Curtne831/
Khurtin77968/
Kurtina77388/
Courten77123/
Courtyn7718/
Courtne775/
Quortin772/
Jourtin772/
Kurttin771/
Churten770/
Cuirten770/
Caurtne770/
Curttyn770/
Cortn731/
Khurtina71738/
Scourten7130/
Kourtina7111/
Courteen715/
Courthen713/
Corten671,579/
Kurten671,483/
Cürten67394/
Kurtinová67189/
Kortin67128/
Kurtyn67100/
Kurtén67100/
Kurtinova6745/
Surten6740/
Surtén675/
Kurtín674/
Kurtèn672/
Zortin672/
Surtyn671/
Jurthn671/

Curtin Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Curtin in the Arabic language
كورتينkwrtyn-

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Curtin Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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