The Herlin surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 134 people carried this name — #119,644 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 777 people named Herlin.
6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 38 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 47 people named Herlin 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 the Nordic population registers
425 people named Herlin are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Herlin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Lars Vilhelm Herlin 1806–1841 · painter -
Josef Herlin d. 1606 · artist
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David Herlin d. 1559 · artist
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Friedrich Herlin 1425–1500 · painter
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Friedrich Herlin 1425–1499 · painter
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Friedrich Herlin 1435–1500 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Herlin.
- Heren 123 · U.S. census
- Hergott 402 · U.S. census
- Herin 473 · U.S. census
- Hering 3,344 · U.S. census
- Heringer 456 · U.S. census
- Heriot 262 · U.S. census
- Herman 41,750 · U.S. census
- Hermann 8,858 · U.S. census
- Hermans 802 · U.S. census
- Hermel 139 · U.S. census
- Hermen 128 · U.S. census
- Hermes 4,407 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Herlin is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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