The Gouin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,365 people carried this name — #19,731 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 217,400 people counted. That is down 26% from 1,848 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Gouin surname
From French Gouin from Norman Gouin.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gouin» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,663 people named Gouin.
46 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 74 départements, most often Paris.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 25 people named Gouin 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.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
24 people named Gouin live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 print
Gouin in American newspapers,
1893–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,027 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Gouin,
with a public archive behind them.
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François Gouin 1831–1896 · language teacher -
Lomer Gouin 1861–1929 · lawyer -
Félix Gouin 1884–1977 · lawyer -
Jacques Gouin de Beauchêne 1652–1730 · explorer
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François-Auguste Gouin 1659–1727 · politician
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Louis Gouin 1756–1814 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gouin.
- Goudeau 1,913 · U.S. census
- Goudey 233 · U.S. census
- Goudy 2,622 · U.S. census
- Gouge 2,837 · U.S. census
- Gougeon 410 · U.S. census
- Gougis 126 · U.S. census
- Goulas 317 · U.S. census
- Goulet 5,637 · U.S. census
- Goulette 1,398 · U.S. census
- Goupil 440 · U.S. census
- Gour 293 · U.S. census
- Gourd 506 · U.S. census
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