Last Name MARKIN

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Meaning	The son of Mark, from the diminutive Mark-in. The final 'g' is excrescent, as in Jennings, etc. The name has always been rare but it has survived six centuries of neglect. Male name MARKIN is a Latin spelling of its Cyrillic origins 'МАРКІН' (for the male) and 'МАРКІНА' (for its female versions). Below are some other possible Latin spellings of the Cyrillic versions of these names. Male versions of the name: 'MARKIN' 'MARCIN' 'MARCKIN' Female versions of the name: 'MARKINA' 'MARCINA' 'MARCKINA' .

Origin	English, Jewish, Irish, Hungarian, Ukrainian

Rank	19,710 (2000 US census)	23,606 (1990 US census)

Count	1,265 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

91.94%, or 1163 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
1.5%, or 19 total occurrences, as black,
0.87%, or 11 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.47%, or 6 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2.77%, or 35 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.45%, or 31 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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Longest baby names

The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte

Census 2000: how many distinct surnames are there?

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