The Gardin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 886 people carried this name — #27,277 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 333,300 people counted. That is up 15% from 769 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 818 people named Gardin.
56 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 49 départements, most often Nord.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 133 people named Gardin 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 West Flanders.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
29 people named Gardin live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 20 people named Gardin 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 Mendoza.
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 the Nordic population registers
170 people named Gardin 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 Gardin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pierre Gardin de la Gerberie 1650–1701 -
Vladimir Gardin 1877–1965 · screenwriter -
Vladimir Gardin 1877–1965 · screenwriter
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Laura Gardin Fraser 1889–1966 · artist -
Gianfranco Gardin 1944–2024 · archbishop -
Franco Bonato 1925–2015 · sport shooter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gardin.
- Gard 4,729 · U.S. census
- Garda 249 · U.S. census
- Garde 754 · U.S. census
- Gardella 2,150 · U.S. census
- Garden 1,917 · U.S. census
- Gardere 208 · U.S. census
- Gardini 228 · U.S. census
- Gardinier 587 · U.S. census
- Gardon 315 · U.S. census
- Gardy 252 · U.S. census
- Gare 135 · U.S. census
- Gareau 469 · U.S. census
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