The Cauvin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 121 people carried this name — #138,304 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is up 2% from 119 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Cauvin surname
Borrowed from Occitan [Term?].
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Cauvin» (French), 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 2,585 people named Cauvin.
48 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 74 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 58 people named Cauvin 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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cauvin.
- Cauchi 284 · U.S. census
- Cauchon 244 · U.S. census
- Caudron 103 · U.S. census
- Caudy 210 · U.S. census
- Causin 165 · U.S. census
- Cauvel 186 · U.S. census
- Cava 877 · U.S. census
- Cavaleri 383 · U.S. census
- Cavalier 3,285 · U.S. census
- Cavaliere 2,875 · U.S. census
- Cavalieri 723 · U.S. census
- Cavallari 139 · U.S. census
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