The Gourdin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 324 people carried this name — #61,899 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted. That is down 6% from 344 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,872 people named Gourdin.
14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 67 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 134 people named Gourdin 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 Walloon Brabant.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Gourdin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Theodore Gourdin 1764–1826 · politician -
François-Philippe Gourdin 1739–1825 · librarian
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Elizabeth Gaillard Gourdin 1766–1835
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Elizabeth Gourdin 1786–1836
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Ellinor Gourdin 1789–1845
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Henrietta Gourdin 1794–1860
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gourdin.
- Goulette 1,398 · U.S. census
- Goupil 440 · U.S. census
- Gour 293 · U.S. census
- Gourd 506 · U.S. census
- Gourde 205 · U.S. census
- Gourdet 341 · U.S. census
- Goure 114 · U.S. census
- Gourgues 156 · U.S. census
- Gourlay 682 · U.S. census
- Gousse 287 · U.S. census
- Gout 139 · U.S. census
- Gouthier 119 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Gourdin is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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