Dauphin surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Dauphin surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,646 people carried this name — #17,202 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 178,600 people counted. That is up 11% from 1,482 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 3,233 people named Dauphin.

62 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 95 départements, most often Paris.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 62
Paris 305
Puy-de-Dôme 179
Var 175
Bouches-du-Rhône 131
Nord 131
Ille-et-Vilaine 124
Côtes-d’Armor 106
Moselle 105

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 154 people named Dauphin 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.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Hainaut 50
Namur 43
Luxembourg Province 32
Brussels-Capital 12
East Flanders 7
Walloon Brabant 5
Liège 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

83 people named Dauphin 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

Vaud 51
Valais 11
Geneva 9
Aargau 4
Bern 4
Fribourg 4

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 Argentina’s national register

At least 54 people named Dauphin live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 54

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Dauphin,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Helyett Dauphin d. 1952 · composer
  • Robert V, delfí d'Alvèrnia 1200–1262
  • Robert I 'le Sage' Dauphin, Seigneur de Jaligny et de St.Ilpize 1290–
  • Henri, Dauphin of Viennois 1296–1328 · Catholic bishop
  • Guichard I. Dauphin 1331–1403
  • Guichard II. Dauphin 1365–1415

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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