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

The Delin surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 300 people carried this name — #65,964 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is down 3% from 308 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 476 people named Delin.

7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 39 départements, most often Nièvre.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 7
Nièvre 85
Ille-et-Vilaine 63
Paris 42
Martinique 39
Nord 29
Seine-et-Marne 24
Ain 20
Pas-de-Calais 20

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 22 people named Delin 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

Hainaut 22

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

In the Nordic population registers

720 people named Delin is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 720

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 Delin,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jozef Delin
    Jozef Delin 1821–1892 · painter
  • Albert Delin 1712–1771 · harpsichord maker
  • Nicolas Joseph Delin 1741–1803 · painter
  • J.H. Delin 1800–1850 · painter
  • Louis Delin 1819–1886 · photographer
  • Emiel Delin 1873–1947 · composer

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Delin is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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