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The Florian surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,731 people carried this name — #8,789 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 79,400 people counted. That is up 28% from 2,913 in 2000.

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In Poland’s population register

539 people named Florian have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 660 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 12 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.

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Where they live today

Silesian 159
Lesser Poland 92
Lower Silesian 90
Subcarpathian 78
Opole 63
Pomeranian 21
Warmian-Masurian 16
Łódź 7

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 310 people named Florian 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.

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Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 126
City of Buenos Aires 97
Santa Fe 51
Córdoba 36

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

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 205 people named Florian.

34 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 32 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 34
Bas-Rhin 49
La Réunion 31
Lot-et-Garonne 13
Martinique 10
Moselle 9
Meuse 9
Meurthe-et-Moselle 8
Paris 6

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

86 people named Florian live in Switzerland.

They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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

Where they live today

Zurich 17
Vaud 15
Thurgau 13
Lucerne 8
St. Gallen 6
Ticino 5
Fribourg 4
Basel-Stadt 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 print

Florian in American newspapers,
1861–1942.

Newspaper page from The Bloomfield Times carrying the name Florian
The Bloomfield Times 1871-07-11
Newspaper page from The Morristown Gazette carrying the name Florian
The Morristown Gazette 1880-06-16
Newspaper page from VorwäRts carrying the name Florian
VorwäRts 1900-05-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 26,048 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Florian,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Saint Florian
    Saint Florian 250–304 · military personnel
  • Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian
    Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian 1755–1794 · writer
  • Antonio Florian
    Antonio Florian 1770–1838 · painter
  • Eugenio Florian
    Eugenio Florian 1869–1945 · politician
  • Josef Florian
    Josef Florian 1873–1941 · writer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 96 lives in all are documented under this name.

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