The Kaelin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,590 people carried this name — #12,043 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 113,600 people counted. That is down 1% from 2,605 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
55 people named Kaelin live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Fribourg.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 51 people named Kaelin.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Seine-et-Marne.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 44 people named Kaelin 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 Misiones.
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 print
Kaelin in American newspapers,
1892–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Kaelin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Geraldine Kaelin d. 2004
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Robert Kaelin 1808–1866 · politician
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Charles S. Kaelin 1858–1929 · painter
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Pierre Kaelin 1913–1995 · composer
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Renatus Kaelin 1922–2012 · internist
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Monika Kaelin 1954– · actor
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kaelin.
When the index is not enough
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