The Carlin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,035 people carried this name — #2,977 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 24,500 people counted. That is up 5% from 11,509 in 2000.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 20 births for the Carlin name in 1890.
Most were registered in Ulster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 900 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. 3 of them were indexed under other spellings of the name. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “Tyrone and Londonderry.”
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 790 people named Carlin.
52 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 61 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 113 people named Carlin live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
102 people named Carlin live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Lucerne.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
153 people named Carlin is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Carlin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Thomas Carlin 1789–1852 · politician -
John Carlin 1813–1891 · lithographer -
William Passmore Carlin 1829–1903 · military officer -
Frances Seward Carlin 1851–1925 · painter -
Gaston Carlin 1859–1922 · diplomat -
Antonia Marie Carlin d. 1994
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Carlin.
- Carlen 726 · U.S. census
- Carles 373 · U.S. census
- Carletti 232 · U.S. census
- Carletto 111 · U.S. census
- Carli 798 · U.S. census
- Carlier 274 · U.S. census
- Carlini 732 · U.S. census
- Carlino 2,642 · U.S. census
- Carlo 3,942 · U.S. census
- Carlon 1,964 · U.S. census
- Carloni 374 · U.S. census
- Carlos 15,462 · U.S. census
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