The Aydin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 935 people carried this name — #26,171 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 312,500 people counted. That is up 77% from 527 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 1,692 people named Aydin live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Limburg.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,158 people named Aydin live in Switzerland.
They live in 20 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 237 people named Aydin.
Most of them — 178 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
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 Poland’s population register
58 people named Aydin have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 509 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 11 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
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
717 people named Aydin 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
Aydin in American newspapers,
1852–1960.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 99 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Aydin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Murat Aydın 1960– · photographer -
Sevim Aydin 1972– · politician -
Yusuf Aydin 1982– · politician -
Andrew Aydin 1983– · writer -
Ela Aydin 1999– · taekwondo athlete -
Ali Aydın 1961– · referee
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 32 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
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