The Nordin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,642 people carried this name — #11,846 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 111,100 people counted. That is up 4% from 2,532 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 61 people named Nordin.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 4 départements, most often Martinique.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
23 people named Nordin live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 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
10,588 people named Nordin 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
Nordin in American newspapers,
1859–1961.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,234 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Nordin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johan Magnus af Nordin 1746–1823 · jurist
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Carl Gustaf Nordin 1749–1812 · politician -
Carl Johan af Nordin 1785–1850 · military personnel -
Johan Gabriel Nordin 1835–1886 · book printer -
Johan Eric Nordin i Sättna 1843–1912 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 174 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Nordin.
- Nolle 292 · U.S. census
- Nollet 152 · U.S. census
- Nonnenmacher 327 · U.S. census
- Noppe 127 · U.S. census
- Norbert 246 · U.S. census
- Nord 4,635 · U.S. census
- Nordmann 494 · U.S. census
- Nore 367 · U.S. census
- Noris 466 · U.S. census
- Norman 67,704 · U.S. census
- Normand 3,246 · U.S. census
- Normandin 1,956 · U.S. census
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