The Olin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,163 people carried this name — #7,950 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 70,900 people counted. That is down 2% from 4,262 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 90 people named Olin.
6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Paris.
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 the Nordic population registers
2,356 people named Olin 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
Olin in American newspapers,
1917–1929.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 177,198 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Olin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Elisabeth Olin 1740–1828 · actor -
Matti Olin d. 1948 · architect
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Matti Olin d. 1948 · architect
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Johannes Olin 1645–1700 · priest
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Anna Olin 1686–1777
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Gabriel Olin 1728–1794 · musician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Olin.
- Olejniczak 1,251 · U.S. census
- Olejnik 618 · U.S. census
- Olek 234 · U.S. census
- Oles 1,552 · U.S. census
- Olier 193 · U.S. census
- Oliger 375 · U.S. census
- Olinger 5,732 · U.S. census
- Oliva 19,513 · U.S. census
- Olivan 580 · U.S. census
- Olivar 1,456 · U.S. census
- Olivares 23,982 · U.S. census
- Olivari 258 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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