The Bazin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 406 people carried this name — #51,281 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. That is down 3% from 418 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 6,716 people named Bazin.
79 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 97 départements, most often Ille-et-Vilaine.
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
64 people named Bazin 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 58 people named Bazin 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 Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Bazin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Claude Bazin de Bezons 1617–1684 · lawyer -
Jacques Bazin de Bezons 1646–1733 · marshal -
Gilles-Augustin Bazin 1681–1754 · naturalist -
Armand Bazin de Bezons 1701–1778 · Catholic priest -
Nicolas Bazin 1754–1830 · court clerk -
Jean Bazin d. 1803 · lawyer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bazin.
- Baz 568 · U.S. census
- Bazan 8,104 · U.S. census
- Baze 1,506 · U.S. census
- Bazil 615 · U.S. census
- Bazile 2,491 · U.S. census
- Bazille 199 · U.S. census
- Bazinet 883 · U.S. census
- Bazzani 270 · U.S. census
- Bazzano 492 · U.S. census
- Bazzo 113 · U.S. census
- Bazzoli 124 · U.S. census
- Be 1,146 · U.S. census
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