The Dossin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 113 people carried this name — #146,201 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is up 9% from 104 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 160 people named Dossin 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 Liège.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 59 people named Dossin.
7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Calvados.
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.
Who carried it
People named Dossin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Émile Dossin de Saint-Georges 1854–1936 · military officer
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Kurt Dossin 1913–2004 · handball player
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François Dossin 1927–1998 · astronomer
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dossin.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Dossin 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.