Find out how popular the last name Edin is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Edin.

Edin, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Edin surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Edin in America

Edin is the 52851st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Edin surname appeared 392 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Edin.

We can also compare 2010 data for Edin to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Edin

The surname EDIN is of English origin, emerging in the medieval period around the 12th century. It is derived from the Old English personal name "Edan" or "Edun", which is thought to be a diminutive form of the name Edwin or Edmund.

Some of the earliest recorded instances of the EDIN surname can be found in historical records from Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. In the Hundred Rolls of 1273, there is a mention of a William Edyn residing in Oxfordshire. The Testa de Nevill, a survey of land holdings from 1219-1272, also lists a Roger Edun as a landowner in Buckinghamshire.

The EDIN surname is believed to have originated from the village of Iden in East Sussex, which itself is derived from the Old English words "iden" meaning "a small wood or clearing". In the Domesday Book of 1086, the village is recorded as "Iedene".

One notable historical figure bearing the EDIN surname was John Edin (c.1555-1624), an English mathematician and astronomer. He was a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and is known for his work on the treatise "De Scribendicis Instrumentis" (On Writing Instruments), published in 1604.

Another prominent individual was Sir Robert Edin (1565-1636), an English politician and Member of Parliament for Salisbury during the reign of King James I. He served as a Justice of the Peace for Wiltshire and was knighted in 1603.

In Scotland, the EDIN surname has a different origin, deriving from the place name Edinburgh. One notable bearer of this variant was John Edin (1749-1813), a Scottish minister and theologian who served as the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1805.

The EDIN surname also has a presence in Sweden, where it is believed to have originated as a variant of the name Edlund or Edlander. A notable Swedish bearer was Nils Johan Edin (1804-1888), a prominent landscape painter and member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts.

In the United States, one of the earliest recorded instances of the EDIN surname was John Edin, who arrived in Virginia in 1635 as an indentured servant from England. Another early American bearer was William Edin, who settled in Pennsylvania in 1773.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Edin

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Edin.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Edin was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Edin has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Edin was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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