The Sahin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 769 people carried this name — #30,390 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 384,600 people counted. That is up 72% from 446 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
2,008 people named Sahin live in Switzerland.
They live in 23 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 1,832 people named Sahin 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 Limburg.
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 271 people named Sahin.
Most of them — 229 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
36 people named Sahin have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 508 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 9 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
679 people named Sahin are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Sahin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Cemile Sahin 1990– · photographer -
Burcu Sahin 1993– · poet -
István Sahin-Tóth 1936–2025 · basketball player
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Mustafa Şahin 1972– · basketball player
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Emre Şahin 1976– · television director
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Fatih Şahin 1976– · assistant physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 31 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sahin.
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