The Aubin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,433 people carried this name — #9,473 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 86,200 people counted. That is up 19% from 2,892 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Aubin surname
From French Aubin, from Latin Albinus.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Aubin» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 4,399 people named Aubin.
37 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 94 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 118 people named Aubin 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
49 people named Aubin live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 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.
In print
Aubin in American newspapers,
1892–1915.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 12,920 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Aubin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Napoléon Aubin 1812–1890 · writer -
Napoléon Aubin 1812–1890 · writer
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Michel Aubin d. 2000 · war photographer
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Mary Ann Aubin d. 1899
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Christiane Aubin d. 2017
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Nicolas Aubin 1655–1701 · pastor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Aubin.
- Aube 1,391 · U.S. census
- Aubel 481 · U.S. census
- Auber 176 · U.S. census
- Auberger 148 · U.S. census
- Aubert 1,327 · U.S. census
- Aubertin 252 · U.S. census
- Auble 660 · U.S. census
- Aubourg 252 · U.S. census
- Aubry 1,703 · U.S. census
- Auclair 1,346 · U.S. census
- Aucoin 4,989 · U.S. census
- Auda 100 · U.S. census
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