The Garin surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 775 people carried this name — #28,888 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 344,800 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,401 people named Garin.
54 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 73 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 150 people named Garin 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 Hainaut.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
149 people named Garin live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Garin.
- Gargani 123 · U.S. census
- Gargano 2,482 · U.S. census
- Gargiulo 1,773 · U.S. census
- Garguilo 546 · U.S. census
- Gari 284 · U.S. census
- Garibaldi 2,068 · U.S. census
- Garing 354 · U.S. census
- Garino 280 · U.S. census
- Garito 217 · U.S. census
- Garland 25,725 · U.S. census
- Garlin 429 · U.S. census
- Garmendia 356 · U.S. census
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