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The Genin surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 265 people carried this name — #73,215 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (265).

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 3,615 people named Genin.

46 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 85 départements, most often Isère.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 46
Isère 583
Rhône 298
Paris 262
Meurthe-et-Moselle 258
Meuse 216
Vosges 161
Haute-Saône 119
Marne 99

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 378 people named Genin 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 Luxembourg Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Luxembourg Province 145
Hainaut 87
Walloon Brabant 41
Liège 41
Namur 40
Brussels-Capital 11
Antwerp 8
Flemish Brabant 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 181 people named Genin 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.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 162
Chaco 19

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

92 people named Genin live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 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

Valais 44
Fribourg 18
Vaud 13
Geneva 11
Aargau 3
Neuchâtel 3

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 Genin,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jean-Louis Genin
    Jean-Louis Genin 1799–1839 · teacher
  • Lucien Génin
    Lucien Génin 1894–1953 · artist
  • Jean-François Genin 1765–1838 · politician
  • John Genin 1830–1895 · painter
  • Federico Genin 1837–1914 · politician
  • Izrail Genin 1897–1969 · geographer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).

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