The Brin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 808 people carried this name — #29,279 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 370,400 people counted. That is up 8% from 745 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,068 people named Brin.
13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 57 départements, most often Maine-et-Loire.
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
20 people named Brin live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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.
Who carried it
People named Brin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Benedetto Brin 1833–1898 · engineer -
Fanny Fligelman Brin 1884–1961 · women's rights activist -
Fanny Fligelman Brin 1884–1961 · women's rights activist
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Ambroise-Auguste Brin 1751–1793 · Catholic priest
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Pierre-Marie Brin 1843–1894 · Catholic priest
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Émile Quentin-Brin 1863–1950 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Brin.
- Briganti 1,160 · U.S. census
- Brik 123 · U.S. census
- Bril 118 · U.S. census
- Brill 9,215 · U.S. census
- Brillant 272 · U.S. census
- Brillon 420 · U.S. census
- Brincat 209 · U.S. census
- Brindel 117 · U.S. census
- Bringard 207 · U.S. census
- Bringer 239 · U.S. census
- Brinster 185 · U.S. census
- Briolat 136 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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