Kalkin

surname · Latin script

Meaning: (Hin) tenth incarnation of Vishnu (protecting god)

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/kæɫkɪn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Kalkin is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States

Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (inferred from the name graph)

no count published

Sources
5 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

(Hin) tenth incarnation of Vishnu (protecting god)

Sources 1

  • A Genealogists Guide to Indian Names A Reference for First Names from India

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kalkin counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Where Kalkin is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—listedKalkin4
CA Canada—1——
IN India—listed——
EE Estonia—listed——

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: the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender. 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Kalkin is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Russian surname11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Türkiye

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Калькин, Калкин, Калкін, Калькін, Kal'Kin

22 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Kalkin,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 5 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Kalkin
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Kalkin mean, and where does it come from?
(Hin) tenth incarnation of Vishnu (protecting god) Recorded by A Genealogists Guide to Indian Names A Reference for First Names from India.
How do you pronounce Kalkin?
A machine transcription gives /kæɫkɪn/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Kalkin have the most bearers?
Kalkin is most frequently recorded in the United States, where it is most often spelled kalkin.

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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, “Kalkin”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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