The Severin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,416 people carried this name — #12,772 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 122,000 people counted. That is up 5% from 2,311 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,003 people named Severin.
23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 70 départements, most often La Réunion.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 98 people named Severin live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
86 people named Severin live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 68 people named Severin 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 Liège.
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 the Nordic population registers
626 people named Severin is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
In print
Severin in American newspapers,
1893–1911.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 20,402 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Severin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Emil Severin d. 1975 · judge
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Margaretha Severin 1586–1670
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Hans Severin 1650–1679 · military officer
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Jacob Severin 1691–1753 · merchant
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Carl Theodor Severin 1763–1836 · architect
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Karl Ludwig Severin 1785–1851 · teacher
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Severin.
- Sette 588 · U.S. census
- Setti 148 · U.S. census
- Seu 283 · U.S. census
- Seven 179 · U.S. census
- Severe 1,901 · U.S. census
- Severi 107 · U.S. census
- Severino 4,051 · U.S. census
- Sevilla 8,980 · U.S. census
- Sevillano 847 · U.S. census
- Seville 1,018 · U.S. census
- Sevin 916 · U.S. census
- Seye 249 · U.S. census
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