The Elin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 180 people carried this name — #100,302 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is down 16% from 214 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 105 people named Elin.
Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Morbihan.
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 the Nordic population registers
38 people named Elin is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
Who carried it
People named Elin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Angelique Esther Elin 1754–1844 -
Evelyn Constance Elin d. 1938
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Johannes Christiaan Elin 1733–1787 · engraver
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Alexander Elin 1958– · poet
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Alexander Elin 1958– · poet
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Alexander Elin 1958– · poet
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Elin.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Elin is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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