Raffin surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Raffin surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 254 people carried this name — #71,610 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 2,884 people named Raffin.

54 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 85 départements, most often Vendée.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 54
Vendée 487
Rhône 265
Loire 201
Isère 180
Charente-Maritime 169
Saône-et-Loire 163
Ain 157
Savoie 105

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

27 people named Raffin live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 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

Vaud 15
Valais 5
Zurich 4
Appenzell Ausserrhoden 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Raffin is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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