The Palin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 898 people carried this name — #27,002 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 333,300 people counted. That is down 12% from 1,021 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Palin surname
Anglicization of Welsh ap Heilyn (“son of Heilyn”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Palin» (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 360 people named Palin.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 33 départements, most often Martinique.
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 the Nordic population registers
567 people named Palin are counted in Finland and Sweden.
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.
Who carried it
People named Palin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Martin Palin d. 1700 · painter
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Joannes Palin 1657–1715 · priest
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Mathew Palin 1690–1747
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Louis-Charles (called Dabonville) Palin 1696–1774 · goldsmith
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Louis-Charles (called Dabonville) Palin 1696–1765 · goldsmith
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Louis-Charles (called Dabonville) Palin 1709–1774 · goldsmith
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Palin.
- Palazzo 3,203 · U.S. census
- Palazzolo 3,374 · U.S. census
- Pale 366 · U.S. census
- Palenzuela 476 · U.S. census
- Palermo 8,165 · U.S. census
- Paletta 537 · U.S. census
- Palis 230 · U.S. census
- Palka 1,190 · U.S. census
- Palla 662 · U.S. census
- Palladino 4,115 · U.S. census
- Pallardy 209 · U.S. census
- Pallares 1,755 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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