# Padin (surname)

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

A surname from Galician.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Galician |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 892 |
| US rank (2010) | 27,144 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 346,127 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.3% (824 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Galician Padín, a surname of toponymical origin, ultimately from Latin Palatinus.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Padin 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) | 6.8% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 88% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.7% |

## Similar surnames

Patino, Paden, Patin, Padden, Patton, Payton, Patten, Peyton, Peden, Paton, Putney, Pedone.

## 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.