Adrian surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Adrian surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,514 people carried this name — #6,201 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 53,500 people counted. That is up 5% from 5,244 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 723 people named Adrian.

29 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 61 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 29
Bas-Rhin 171
Meurthe-et-Moselle 101
Moselle 71
Vosges 65
Paris 46
Vaucluse 42
Meuse 24
Yvelines 19

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 527 people named Adrian 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.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 275
City of Buenos Aires 118
Salta 43
Jujuy 38
Formosa 23
La Pampa 10
Mendoza 10
Santa Fe 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Poland’s population register

524 people named Adrian have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 653 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Pomeranian 138
Łódź 72
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 54
Lublin 48
Silesian 40
Lower Silesian 36
Warmian-Masurian 23
West Pomeranian 23

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

48 people named Adrian live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 13
Vaud 10
Bern 7
St. Gallen 5
Valais 5
Basel-Stadt 4
Solothurn 4

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

215 people named Adrian is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 215

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).

In print

Adrian in American newspapers,
1886–1893.

Newspaper page from The Weekly Tribune carrying the name Adrian
The Weekly Tribune 1892-04-23
Newspaper page from Sword And Shield carrying the name Adrian
Sword And Shield 1886-04-03
Newspaper page from The Portland Daily Press carrying the name Adrian
The Portland Daily Press 1893-08-01

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 207,632 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Adrian,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Grete Adrian 1610–1655
  • Valentin Adrian 1678–1753 · goldsmith
  • Valentin Adrian 1679–1753 · goldsmith
  • John Adrian 1722–1781
  • John Adrian 1752–1781
  • William Obadiah Adrian 1775–1825

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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