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The Schmidlin surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 659 people carried this name — #34,390 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 454,500 people counted. That is up 1% from 655 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Schmidlin surname

Borrowed from German Schmidlin. This surname is mostly found in Switzerland.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Schmidlin» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

1,819 people named Schmidlin live in Switzerland.

They live in 23 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Landschaft.

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Where they live today

Basel-Landschaft 428
Lucerne 302
Zurich 235
Aargau 145
Bern 130
Solothurn 122
Basel-Stadt 106
St. Gallen 59

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 368 people named Schmidlin.

19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 19
Haut-Rhin 238
Bas-Rhin 15
Doubs 15
Nord 13
Paris 11
Vosges 10
Territoire de Belfort 6
Meurthe-et-Moselle 5

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

Who carried it

People named Schmidlin,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jakob Schmidlin
    Jakob Schmidlin 1699–1747 · cooper
  • Johannes Schmidlin
    Johannes Schmidlin 1722–1772 · composer
  • Anna Schmidlin d. 1626
  • Johann Friedrich Schmidlin 1715–1783
  • Johann Joseph Schmidlin 1725–1779 · writer
  • Fritz Schmidlin 1783–1830 · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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