The Cetin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 366 people carried this name — #55,962 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is up 47% from 249 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 827 people named Cetin 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 Limburg.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
499 people named Cetin live in Switzerland.
They live in 19 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 117 people named Cetin.
Most of them — 99 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
24 people named Cetin have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 286 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 4 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
458 people named Cetin are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Cetin in American newspapers,
1907–1959.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,742 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cetin.
- Cesaro 453 · U.S. census
- Cesca 111 · U.S. census
- Cesmat 102 · U.S. census
- Cespedes 5,168 · U.S. census
- Cessac 224 · U.S. census
- Cestari 165 · U.S. census
- Ceylan 304 · U.S. census
- Cha 9,732 · U.S. census
- Chaban 407 · U.S. census
- Chabert 216 · U.S. census
- Chable 340 · U.S. census
- Chabot 3,787 · U.S. census
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