Duskin Surname

347,978th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,050 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Duskin Surname Definition:

(from the name of a female ancestor) Descended from Dushe or Dushke, a nickname for Devorah (Deborah).

Duskin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9521:380,73433,628
Israel701:122,25213,395
Russia121:12,010,255361,204
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
England21:27,859,030389,889
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England161:1,523,46151,234
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1051:478,27334,042

The alternate forms: Duškin (16) are calculated separately.

Duskin (41) may also be a first name.

Duskin Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(from the name of a female ancestor) Descended from Dushe or Dushke, a nickname for Devorah (Deborah).

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Duskin Last Name Facts

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

The surname Duskin (Russian: Дуськин) is found most in The United States. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Duškin. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Duskin? popularity and diffusion

Duskin is the 347,978th most frequently occurring family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 6,940,520 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 85 percent of Duskin live; 85 percent live in North America and 85 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,590,275th most frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 41 people.

This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 952 people, or 1 in 380,734. In The United States it is most numerous in: California, where 13 percent live, Georgia, where 9 percent live and Washington, where 8 percent live. Excluding The United States this surname is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 7 percent live and Russia, where 1 percent live.

Duskin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Duskin has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Duskin last name expanded 907 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 87 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Duskin Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Duskin surname are 34.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 88% being registered with the party.

Duskin earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.57% more than the national average, earning $43,825 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Duškin9416/
Dushkin922,367/
Duskina9261/
Duszkin927/
Dauskin920/
Dushkina862,840/
Duschkin8645/
Dushkind868/
Deushkin861/
Diskin833,576/
Doskin8370/
Duzkin831/
Duskinova805/
Dushkkina801/
Daushkina801/
Deushkina801/
Dushkyn77251/
Duškina7764/
Dishkin7728/
Duschin7725/
Duisken7724/
Dooskin7716/
Doshkin7712/
Duchkin773/
Disckin771/
Dusquin771/
Dieskin770/
Dushshkina751/
Dushkyna71287/
Dutchkin715/
Duyseken715/
Dushchin715/
Daushkyn715/
Douchkin714/
Diskienė711/
Disken67145/
Dosken6767/
Doskyn6715/
Duskenova6715/
Düskün678/
Daushkyna675/
Douszkień671/
Duškinová671/
Dozkin671/
Diskyn671/

Duskin Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Duskin in the Russian language
Дуськинduskin-

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