The Arpin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 999 people carried this name — #24,890 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 294,100 people counted. That is down 3% from 1,031 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 508 people named Arpin.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 34 départements, most often Savoie.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
23 people named Arpin live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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.
Who carried it
People named Arpin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Vital Arpin 1776–1860
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Vital Arpin 1811–1891
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Louis Arpin 1842–1918 · Catholic priest
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Alphonse Arpin 1858–1936
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Charles Arpin 1879–1967 · school teacher
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Roland Arpin 1934–2010 · writer
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Arpin.
- Arnoult 261 · U.S. census
- Arnoux 325 · U.S. census
- Arnt 313 · U.S. census
- Arold 183 · U.S. census
- Aron 2,455 · U.S. census
- Aronica 339 · U.S. census
- Arpino 467 · U.S. census
- Arras 981 · U.S. census
- Arribas 217 · U.S. census
- Arrieta 5,053 · U.S. census
- Arrighi 419 · U.S. census
- Arrigo 1,576 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Arpin is.
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