The Bastin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,435 people carried this name — #18,994 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 204,100 people counted. That is down 21% from 1,811 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 3,441 people named Bastin 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 Liège.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 745 people named Bastin.
66 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 61 départements, most often Nord.
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
40 people named Bastin live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 the Nordic population registers
35 people named Bastin is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
In print
Bastin in American newspapers,
1902–1923.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,179 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bastin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joseph Bastin 1870–1939 · Catholic priest -
Joseph Bastin 1870–1939 · Catholic priest
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John Thomas Bastin d. 1851 · engraver
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Robert Bastin 1780– · naval officer
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Jean Bastin 1827–1909 · philologist
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Edson Sewell Bastin 1843–1897 · university teacher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bastin.
- Bast 2,555 · U.S. census
- Bastian 6,967 · U.S. census
- Bastianelli 367 · U.S. census
- Bastiani 155 · U.S. census
- Bastida 1,401 · U.S. census
- Bastien 3,136 · U.S. census
- Bastion 361 · U.S. census
- Baston 908 · U.S. census
- Bastos 827 · U.S. census
- Batac 465 · U.S. census
- Bataille 463 · U.S. census
- Batal 147 · U.S. census
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