The Pellin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 179 people carried this name — #100,791 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is up 14% from 157 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 201 people named Pellin.
26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 départements, most often Isère.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 36 people named Pellin live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Córdoba.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
26 people named Pellin live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.
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.
Who carried it
People named Pellin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Félix Pellin 1877–1940 · politician
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Cinzia Pellin 1973– · painter
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Marc-Antoine Pellin 1987– · basketball player
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pellin.
- 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
- Pellissier 305 · U.S. census
- Pellizzari 218 · U.S. census
- Pello 288 · U.S. census
- Pellon 172 · U.S. census
- Pellot 1,598 · U.S. census
- Pelon 284 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Pellin is.
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