Curtain
surname · Latin script
Meaning: A piece of cloth covering a window, bed, etc
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/kɝtn̩/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Curtain is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Australia than in any other country.
- AUAustralia≈1 in 42K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 1M
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 167K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Australia (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 170 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 42K (inferred from the name graph)
≈610 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Australia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A piece of cloth covering a window, bed, etc. to offer privacy and keep out light.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Curtain counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AU Australia | ≈610 est. | ≈1 in 42K | — | Curtain | 117 |
| US United States | 325 | 1 in 1M | 339 | Curtain | 170 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 594K | — | Curtain | 65 |
| CA Canada | ≈79 est. | ≈1 in 474K | — | Curtain | 35 |
| MY Malaysia | ≈54 est. | ≈1 in 604K | — | Curtain | 5 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈29 est. | ≈1 in 167K | — | Curtain | 18 |
| IE Ireland | ≈15 est. | ≈1 in 353K | — | Curtain | 20 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Johanna Curtainb. 1835AUAustralian religious sister
- Ruth Frances Curtainb. 1941AUAustralian mathematician (1941-2018)
- Peter Curtainb. 1962AUAustralian rules footballer
- Kevin Curtainb. 1966AUAustralian motorcycle racer
- Sam Curtainfilm director
- Elizabeth CurtainAUAustralian judge
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 7 sources across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 339 | #63,550 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 325 | #61,745 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 323 | #58,692 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Curtain come from?
- A piece of cloth covering a window, bed, etc. to offer privacy and keep out light. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- What are other forms of the name Curtain?
- In the etymology graph, Curtin is a form of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Curtain?
- A machine transcription gives /kɝtn̩/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Curtain have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 609 people named Curtain in Australia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled curtain.
- What does the name Curtain mean?
- Recorded meaning: A piece of cloth covering a window, bed, etc.
- How common is the name Curtain?
- In the United States, the national register counted 325 people named Curtain in 2010, about 1 in 1.0 million residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/curtainThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Curtain”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.