The Linde surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,826 people carried this name — #11,189 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 104,200 people counted. That is up 5% from 2,689 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
295 people named Linde have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 384 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 Masovian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
73 people named Linde live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 57 people named Linde.
15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 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 54 people named Linde 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
3,479 people named Linde are counted in Sweden, Norway and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. 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) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Linde in American newspapers,
1919.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 54,926 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Linde,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann von der Linde 1542–1619 · mayor -
Anna von der Linde d. 1679 · wet nurse
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Erik Larsson von der Linde d. 1636 · merchant
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Maria von der Linde d. 1678
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Gottfried von der Linde 1400–1379
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Jasper Linde 1500–1524 · archbishop
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Linde.
- Linard 199 · U.S. census
- Linares 19,688 · U.S. census
- Linas 100 · U.S. census
- Linck 1,267 · U.S. census
- Lind 14,990 · U.S. census
- Lindauer 1,692 · U.S. census
- Lindemann 4,438 · U.S. census
- Linden 6,276 · U.S. census
- Linder 13,830 · U.S. census
- Lindner 7,428 · U.S. census
- Lindor 780 · U.S. census
- Line 3,231 · U.S. census
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