The Gobin surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,351 people carried this name — #18,765 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 200,000 people counted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,115 people named Gobin.
18 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 75 départements, most often Loire-Atlantique.
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 182 people named Gobin 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
22 people named Gobin live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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 Gobin.
- Glowacz 173 · U.S. census
- Gluck 3,634 · U.S. census
- Gobbi 351 · U.S. census
- Gobbo 223 · U.S. census
- Gobel 1,542 · U.S. census
- Gobert 1,599 · U.S. census
- Godar 444 · U.S. census
- Godard 946 · U.S. census
- Godat 250 · U.S. census
- Goddard 15,157 · U.S. census
- Gode 240 · U.S. census
- Godec 225 · U.S. census
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