# Bastin (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bastin/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,435 |
| US rank (2010) | 18,994 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 215,154 people |
| Change since 2000 | -20.8% (1,811 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bastin in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bastin in Belgium and the United Kingdom.

## People named Bastin

- Désiré Bastin, Belgian footballer (1900-1971)
- Jules Bastin, Belgian singer (1933–1996)
- Mo Hayder, British author of crime and thriller fiction (1962-2021)

## Similar surnames

Baisden, Bastien, Basden, Bastian, Bustamante, Boston, Buxton, Boughton, Bogdan, Becton.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.