The Austin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 119,706 people carried this name — #253 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,460 people counted. That is up 6% from 113,160 in 2000.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 20 births for the Austin name in 1890.
They were registered in all four provinces, most of all in Ulster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 900 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. One of them was indexed under another spelling of the name. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “Antrim and Dublin.”
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 367 people named Austin 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 Chubut.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 102 people named Austin.
48 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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
63 people named Austin live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Landschaft.
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 Poland’s population register
23 people named Austin have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 67 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 6 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Subcarpathian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
117 people named Austin are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Austin in American newspapers,
1877–1962.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,683,851 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Austin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Moses Austin 1761–1821 · entrepreneur -
Francis Austen 1774–1865 · cartographer -
John Austin 1790–1859 · lawyer -
Stephen F. Austin 1793–1836 · politician -
Sarah Austin 1793–1867 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 158 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Austin.
- Aune 1,730 · U.S. census
- Aurand 1,718 · U.S. census
- Aure 483 · U.S. census
- Aurelien 351 · U.S. census
- Auriemma 971 · U.S. census
- Auster 326 · U.S. census
- Authier 445 · U.S. census
- Autin 770 · U.S. census
- Auton 934 · U.S. census
- Auville 238 · U.S. census
- Avakian 1,243 · U.S. census
- Avallone 1,384 · U.S. census
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