Margolin Surname

101,152nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,666 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Margolin Surname Definition:

(from the name of a female ancestor) Margola is the Hebrew for “pearl” and Margolin means “descendant of Pearl.”

Margolin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,8441:127,44713,496
Israel1,1391:7,5131,171
Russia2831:509,26946,754
Belarus711:133,81819,062
Germany681:1,183,90477,258
Australia461:586,86342,409
Canada371:995,82774,831
England341:1,638,76668,634
Latvia171:120,59117,235
France161:4,151,420237,746
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
Mexico131:9,548,17038,962
New Zealand91:503,14733,029
Kazakhstan81:2,210,31295,036
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Argentina71:6,106,202178,634
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Belgium61:1,916,107103,447
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Uzbekistan41:7,732,28643,643
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Margolin (32) may also be a first name.

Margolin Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(from the name of a female ancestor) Margola is the Hebrew for “pearl” and Margolin means “descendant of Pearl.”

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Margolin Last Name Facts

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

The surname Margolin (Russian: Марголин) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Margolin? popularity and diffusion

It is the 101,152nd most frequently held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,561,840 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 62 percent of Margolin reside; 62 percent reside in North America and 61 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Margolin is also the 1,840,253rd most commonly occurring first name in the world It is held by 32 people.

It is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 2,844 people, or 1 in 127,447. In The United States Margolin is most frequent in: New York, where 23 percent live, California, where 18 percent live and Nevada, where 8 percent live. Barring The United States this last name is found in 39 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 24 percent live and Russia, where 6 percent live.

Margolin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Margolin has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 56,880 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Margolin Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Orthodox (88%) in Russia and Orthodox (43%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Margolin surname are 42.51% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 95.74% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Margolin earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 17.2% more than the national average, earning R 278,508 per year; in United States they earn 30.8% more than the national average, earning $56,438 USD per year and in Canada they earn 31.34% more than the national average, earning $65,253 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Margolin Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Margolin in the Russian language
Марголинmargolin-

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Margolin Reference & Research

Margulies/Margolis FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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