The Follin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 487 people carried this name — #44,193 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 588,200 people counted. That is down 16% from 579 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 434 people named Follin.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 24 people named Follin 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 Córdoba.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
22 people named Follin live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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 the Nordic population registers
234 people named Follin 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 Follin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Anders Follin d. 1722
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Samuel Follin 1677–1745 · priest
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Jonas Follin 1696–1741 · politician
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Andreas Follin 1699–1741 · priest
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Christian Follin 1710–1757 · priest
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Samuel Follin 1717–1789 · theologian
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Follin.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Follin is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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