The Poulin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,892 people carried this name — #5,081 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 42,700 people counted. That is up 3% from 6,704 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,582 people named Poulin.
21 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 73 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 80 people named Poulin 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 Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
67 people named Poulin 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
Poulin in American newspapers,
1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 25,047 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Poulin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Félix Poulin 1850– · tennis player -
Skinner Poulin 1887–1971 · ice hockey player -
Jean-Luc Poulin 1926–1999 · architect -
Michel Louvain 1937–2021 · singer -
Marie-Andrée Poulin 1953– · actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 141 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Poulin.
- Pouch 266 · U.S. census
- Pouder 103 · U.S. census
- Pouge 123 · U.S. census
- Pouget 125 · U.S. census
- Poulain 135 · U.S. census
- Poulard 263 · U.S. census
- Poullard 663 · U.S. census
- Poupard 399 · U.S. census
- Poupart 355 · U.S. census
- Pourchot 184 · U.S. census
- Pourroy 133 · U.S. census
- Poussard 145 · U.S. census
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