The Persyn surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 338 people carried this name — #59,742 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted. That is up 8% from 312 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 916 people named Persyn live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in West Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 264 people named Persyn.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Nord.
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.
Who carried it
People named Persyn,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jules Persyn 1878–1933 · writer -
Aloïs Persijn 1888–1972 · sport cyclist -
Carolus Persyn 1780–
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Sophie Persyn 1812–1848
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Theresia Persyn 1817–1901 · teacher
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Hendrik Persyn 1857–1933 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Persyn.
- Perry 221,741 · U.S. census
- Pers 126 · U.S. census
- Perse 176 · U.S. census
- Persico 1,263 · U.S. census
- Persin 240 · U.S. census
- Person 67,411 · U.S. census
- Peru 818 · U.S. census
- Perucca 171 · U.S. census
- Peruch 135 · U.S. census
- Perugini 967 · U.S. census
- Perusse 607 · U.S. census
- Peruzzi 455 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Persyn is.
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