The Lapin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 784 people carried this name — #29,947 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 370,400 people counted. That is down 16% from 930 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Lapin surname
Borrowed from Russian Лапин (Lapin).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Lapin» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
125 people named Lapin have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 335 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 10 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 51 people named Lapin.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Guadeloupe.
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.
Who carried it
People named Lapin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Vasily Lapin 1731–1793 · merchant
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Ivan Lapin 1743– · painter
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Vasily Lapin 1823–1886 · writer
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Vasily Lapin 1825–1886 · writer
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Seräli Lapin 1868–1919 · politician
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Ilya Lapin 1868–1931 · printer
Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lapin.
- Laparra 254 · U.S. census
- Lapere 172 · U.S. census
- Laperouse 134 · U.S. census
- Laperriere 306 · U.S. census
- Lapeyre 207 · U.S. census
- Lapierre 4,494 · U.S. census
- Lapina 186 · U.S. census
- Lapine 1,157 · U.S. census
- Laplace 533 · U.S. census
- Laplante 7,195 · U.S. census
- Laplume 512 · U.S. census
- Lapointe 8,894 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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