The Morin surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 28,184 people carried this name — #1,136 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 9,570 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 23,097 people named Morin.
269 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 99 départements, most often Paris.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
243 people named Morin live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 86 people named Morin 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 Brussels-Capital.
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 print
Morin in American newspapers,
1858–1918.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 53,315 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Morin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean Morin 1575–1650 · engraver -
Jean-Baptiste Morin 1583–1656 · astronomer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Morin.
- Mori 3,890 · U.S. census
- Morice 463 · U.S. census
- Moriconi 296 · U.S. census
- Morien 111 · U.S. census
- Morillo 2,482 · U.S. census
- Morillon 276 · U.S. census
- Morini 440 · U.S. census
- Morino 563 · U.S. census
- Morio 275 · U.S. census
- Moris 980 · U.S. census
- Morison 981 · U.S. census
- Morisse 115 · U.S. census
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