The Linden surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,276 people carried this name — #5,534 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 46,900 people counted. That is up 6% from 5,935 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Linden surname
An English surname from Old English, a variant of Lyndon.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Linden» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 284 people named Linden.
26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 32 départements, most often Moselle.
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 112 people named Linden 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 Liège.
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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
62 people named Linden live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 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 the Nordic population registers
8,539 people named Linden 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.
In print
Linden in American newspapers,
1902–1913.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 330,275 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Linden,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joannes Antonides van der Linden 1609–1664 · physician -
Joseph Linden 1804–1895 · judge -
Jean Jules Linden 1817–1898 · biologist -
Jean Jules Linden 1817–1898 · biologist
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Johann Linden 1838–1901 · teacher -
Hans Antoni Linden 1540–1619 · goldsmith
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Linden.
- Linas 100 · U.S. census
- Linck 1,267 · U.S. census
- Lind 14,990 · U.S. census
- Lindauer 1,692 · U.S. census
- Linde 2,826 · U.S. census
- Lindemann 4,438 · 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
- Linet 101 · U.S. census
- Ling 9,127 · U.S. census
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