Gehin surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Gehin surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 121 people carried this name — #138,304 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is up 14% from 106 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,506 people named Gehin.

18 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 50 départements, most often Vosges.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 18
Vosges 1,057
Meurthe-et-Moselle 70
Paris 62
Haute-Saône 51
Haut-Rhin 31
Aube 22
Doubs 21
Meuse 19

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

24 people named Gehin live in Switzerland.

They live in 3 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

Vaud 14
Geneva 6
Fribourg 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.

Who carried it

People named Gehin,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Nicolas Géhin 1753–1828 · politician
  • Nicolas Christophe Gehin 1764–1825 · politician
  • Claude Gehin 1940– · politician
  • Alain Gehin 1945– · official
  • Elisabeth Gehin 1953– · politician
  • Janick Gehin 1960– · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Gehin is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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