The Blondin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,212 people carried this name — #21,535 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 243,900 people counted. That is up 8% from 1,121 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Blondin surname
The noun is after the French tightrope walker Charles Blondin (1824–1897).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Blondin» (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 1,096 people named Blondin.
15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 75 départements, most often Somme.
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
50 people named Blondin live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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 the Nordic population registers
27 people named Blondin 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).
Who carried it
People named Blondin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Maria Anna Blondin 1809–1890 · domestic worker -
Charles Blondin 1824–1897 · stunt performer -
Anatole Louis Adrien Blondin 1862–1935 · military officer -
Pierre Édouard Blondin 1874–1943 · lawyer -
Gabriel-Isidore Blondin d'Abancourt 1764–1844
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Albert Blondin 1828–1902 · official
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Blondin.
When the index is not enough
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