The Pellerin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,259 people carried this name — #9,912 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 90,900 people counted. That is up 4% from 3,126 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 3,673 people named Pellerin.
43 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 80 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
44 people named Pellerin live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 print
Pellerin in American newspapers,
1906–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,584 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Pellerin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joseph Pellerin 1684–1782 · civil servant -
Joseph-Michel Pellerin 1751–1794 · politician -
Jean-Charles Pellerin 1756–1836 · printer -
Auguste Pellerin 1853–1929 · entrepreneur -
Auguste Pellerin 1853–1929 · entrepreneur
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Joseph-Victor Pellerin 1838–1910
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pellerin.
- Pellas 109 · U.S. census
- Pelle 800 · U.S. census
- Pellegrin 2,080 · U.S. census
- Pellegrini 4,011 · U.S. census
- Pellegrino 7,398 · U.S. census
- Peller 931 · U.S. census
- Pellet 149 · U.S. census
- Pelletier 17,808 · U.S. census
- Pellicano 708 · U.S. census
- Pelliccia 383 · U.S. census
- Pellicer 367 · U.S. census
- Pellicier 130 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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