Zalkin

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Zalkin is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Variant of Zalkind.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 2.5M(measured from records)
  • RURussia≈1 in 1.8Mas Залкин
  • UAUkraine≈1 in 4Mas Залкін

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Zalkin itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

133 people, 2010

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
61 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 2.5M (inferred from the name graph)

United States

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ZalkinLatin(measured from records)
ЗалкинCyrillic(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Залкин in RU Russia, IL Israel, KG Kyrgyzstan and Залкін in UA Ukraine.

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)

Variant of Zalkind.

Sources 1

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Zalkin 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.

Where Zalkin is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States1331 in 2.5M159Zalkin11
RU Russia≈80 est.≈1 in 1.8M—Залкин61
UA Ukraine≈11 est.≈1 in 4M—Залкін10
IL Israel≈1 est.≈1 in 8M—Залкин7
KG Kyrgyzstan———Залкин3

133 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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 2000. 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)

Zalkin is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Zalḳin

  • Hebrew surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Israel, Ukraine, United States, Russia

    Also written זלקין

21 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.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 6 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Zalkin
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000159#104,257
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020155#118,445
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010133#128,249
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • 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

What does the name Zalkin mean, and where does it come from?
Variant of Zalkind. Recorded by Wiktionary.
In which country does Zalkin have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 133 people named Zalkin, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled zalkin.
Where is Zalkin most common?
Zalkin is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 2.5 million people carrying it.
How common is the name Zalkin?
In the United States, the national register counted 133 people named Zalkin in 2010, about 1 in 2.5 million residents.

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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, “Zalkin”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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