What is the commonest surname in France
"Pueyrredón (surname) The Pueyrredón surname has its origins in 13th century France. Initial variants were Puyredón, Puiredón, Puecheredón and Puitredón. The etymology comes from ""Podium Rotundum"". ""Puy"" (""podium"" in Latin) means mountain or hill, and ""redón"" means round. So, Pueyrredón"" would mean ""rounded hill"". It was used at the Languedoc to name ""puy"" (podium) any lonely mountain. As such structures were strategically useful for the construction of castles, many royal families had names with the ""Puy"" element in them. Juan Martín de Pueyrredón is a noted member of the Pueyrredón family of Buenos Aires, with French ancestry. The surname had"
"people holding the surname Martin in France, it is the most common French surname. The origins of its frequency can be attributed to Saint Martin of Tours, who was the most popular French saint, but the reason is not clear. Martin was never a common given name (Christian name) in the Middle Ages, unlike Bernard or Thomas (which were later officialized and became common surnames, nowadays ranking second and third respectively). Onomastics have tried to find other reasons for Martin's popularity, by examining, for example, the repartition of place names, but this explanation also lacks empirical support. It can be"
"Praneuf (surname) ""Praneuf"" (Pra-Neuf) is a surname. With a popularity rank of 27,957, it is the rarest last name in France, but is still in use today. Most people with this name live in France, but the names are also found in countries such as Luxembourg, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, Spain and others. The surname denotes one of nine family clans. The clans were founded under the circumstances of protecting each other's interests, and to be united against the Britons (England). In the 15th Century, Praneuf was one of the nine rare family clans called ""Les Neufs"". Each of the"
"clans has a unique variant. Almost all of these names start with Pra and end with a ""number"". Their flag contains 9 fleur-de-lys which, at that time, was the symbol of France's monarchy. Praneuf (surname) ""Praneuf"" (Pra-Neuf) is a surname. With a popularity rank of 27,957, it is the rarest last name in France, but is still in use today. Most people with this name live in France, but the names are also found in countries such as Luxembourg, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, Spain and others. The surname denotes one of nine family clans. The clans were founded under the"
"except in the French Pays Basque, ""Garcia"" is now the 14th most common surname in France (the 8th one for the number of birth between 1966 and 1990), due to an important Spanish immigration. It ranked 2nd in the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur after the number of births 1966–1990. ""García"" is also the third most common surname amongst Spaniards in the United Kingdom. As of 2014, 33.2% of all known bearers of the surname ""García"" were residents of Mexico (frequency 1:35), 14.1% of Spain (1:31), 8.4% of the United States (1:402), 6.0% of Colombia (1:74), 4.6% of Venezuela (1:62), 4.4% of"
"Pascal (given name) Pascal is a common masculine Francophone given name, cognate of Italian name Pasquale, Spanish name Pascual, Catalan name Pasqual. ""Pascal"" is common in French-speaking countries, Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands. Derived feminine forms include ""Pascale"", ""Pascalle"" or ""Pascalina"". Pascal is also common as a surname in France, and in Italy (in Piedmont, Aosta Valley and, as ""De Pascal"", in Friuli-Venezia Giulia). Pascal derives from the Latin ""paschalis"" or ""pashalis"", which means ""relating to Easter"", from the Latin term for ""Easter"", ""pascha"", Greek Πάσχα, from the Aramaic ""pasḥā"" (Hebrew ""pesach"") ""Passover"" (since the Hebrew holiday Passover coincides closely"
"Lefebvre Lefebvre () is a common northern French surname. Other variations include Lefèbvre, Lefèvre, Lefeuvre (western France) and Lefébure (northern France and Normandy). In the Occitan and Arpitan extension area, the variation is Fabre, Favre, Faure, Favret, Favrette or Dufaure and in Corsica Fabri (cf. Italian ""Fabbri"", ""Fabri""). In Celtic-speaking Brittany, the corresponding name is Le Goff(ic), with the article ""le"" to translate Breton ""ar"". For Anglophone pronunciation purposes, the name has evolved, especially in the United States and Anglophone regions of Canada mainly by Acadians, among whom it is also a common surname, to LaFave, LeFave, Lefever and Lafevre,"
"René René (""born again"" or ""reborn"" in French) is a common first name in both French-speaking, Spanish-speaking, and Dutch-speaking countries. It derives from the Latin name Renatus. René is the masculine form of the name (Renée being the feminine form). In some non-Francophone countries, however, there exists the habit of giving the name René (sometimes spelled without an accent) to girls as well as boys. In addition, both forms are used as surnames (family names). René as a first name given to boys in the United States reached its peaks in popularity in 1969 and 1983 when it ranked 256th."
"thereof). Popular unisex names of French origin include: There are also pairs of masculine and feminine names that have slightly different spelling but identical pronunciation, such as André / Andrée, Frédéric / Frédérique and Gabriel / Gabrielle. In France and French-speaking countries, it can happen for people to have a combination of both masculine and feminine given names, but most of these include ""Marie"", such as Jean-Marie, Marie-Jean, Marie-Pierre. Marie was a unisex name in medieval times; it is nowadays only female except for its presence in compound names. Notable examples of people with a combination of masculine and feminine"
"""barbe"" ""beard"" as in the expression ""la barbe!"" ""What a drag! / How boring!""). Also, females are often given names like Jacqueline and Géraldine that are feminine forms of traditional common masculine French names. The prevalence of given names follows trends, with some names being popular in some years, and some considered definitely out-of-fashion. As an example, few children born since 1970 would bear the name ""Germaine"", which is generally associated with the idea of an elderly lady. However, as noted above, such old-fashioned names are frequently used as second or third given names, because in France the second or"
"national average (1:1,916) in the following counties: In Italy, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:33,153) in only one region: Veneto (1:2,909) In France, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:40,186) in the following regions: Molin (surname) Molin is a surname. As of 2014, 33.1% of all known bearers of the surname ""Molin"" were residents of Sweden (frequency 1:1,916), 11.9% of Italy (1:33,153), 10.7% of France (1:40,186), 8.0% of the United States (1:290,162), 7.6% of Brazil (1:172,293), 4.1% of Russia (1:225,103), 3.5% of Denmark (1:10,338), 3.2% of the Philippines (1:204,106), 2.9% of"
"Picardie region of northern France¹. D'Aoust Daoust, D'Aoust, Deault or Dault is a common French language surname, people with this family name can be found in most of Canada (especially in Quebec, Eastern Ontario), the United States and Belgium. It literally translates as ""(born) in August"" or ""(born) in Summer"". Although others suggest that it means someone from the village of Aouste in the Ardennes region of France, near Laon. The D apostrophy would indicate being of (de) Aouste, as the Italians use 'di' as in Di Maggio. The first record of someone with the surname Daoust can be traced"
"Boyer Boyer () is a French surname. In rarer cases, it can be a corruption or deliberate alteration of other names. Boyer is a personal name from France, found traditionally along the Mediterranean sea (Provence, Languedoc), the Rhône valley, Auvergne, Limousin, Périgord and more generally in the Southwest of France. Nevertheless, it has been existing further north since a long time. There are two variant spellings centered precisely : Boyé (southwest) and Bouyer (Loire-Atlantique, Charente-Maritime). It ranks 50th out of the most common surnames in France and 265 in Québec. Like many other surnames, it used to be a nickname"
"higher than national average (1:19,460) in the following counties: Notable people with the name include: Surname: Given name: Laurin Laurin is both a surname and a given name. As of 2014, 61.3% of all known bearers of the surname ""Laurin"" were residents of Canada (frequency 1:3,993), 13.3% of the United States (1:181,351), 8.5% of France (1:52,245), 3.4% of Sweden (1:19,460), 3.0% of Haiti (1:23,327), 2.9% of the Philippines (1:232,194) and 2.6% of Argentina (1:108,762). In Canada, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:3,993) only in one province: Quebec (1:1,312). In France, the frequency of the surname"
"for a male. The feminine component in male compound names is mostly ""Marie"", as in Jean-Marie Vianney. In the past, some Frenchmen would have ""Marie"" or ""Anne"" as first name (example: Anne du Bourg), which is still nowadays in practice in rare traditional Catholic families (but then the man will have other given names and one of those will be used in everyday life). Second or third given names, which usually are kept private, may also include names normally used by the opposite gender. For instance, in 2006, 81 Frenchmen have ""Brigitte"" among their given names, 97 ""Catherine"", 133 ""Anne"","
"further given names are traditionally those of the godparents or the grandparents. Some older names, such as ""Suzanne"", ""Violette"", and ""Madeleine"", have become fashionable again in the upper class and in the upper middle class. Others such as ""Jean"", ""Pierre"", ""Louis"", and ""François"" never really went out of fashion. ""Alexandre"" (Alexander) was never very popular, but is not uncommon in middle and upper classes. Almost all traditional given names are gender-specific. However, a few given names, such as ""Dominique"" (see above: completely gender-neutral), ""Claude"" (traditionally masculine), and ""Camille"" (traditionally masculine, now mostly feminine), are given to both males and females;"
"D'Aoust Daoust, D'Aoust, Deault or Dault is a common French language surname, people with this family name can be found in most of Canada (especially in Quebec, Eastern Ontario), the United States and Belgium. It literally translates as ""(born) in August"" or ""(born) in Summer"". Although others suggest that it means someone from the village of Aouste in the Ardennes region of France, near Laon. The D apostrophy would indicate being of (de) Aouste, as the Italians use 'di' as in Di Maggio. The first record of someone with the surname Daoust can be traced back to 1459 in the"
"for example the chronological list of Ministers-President of the Walloon Region : For French family names among the Walloons and other francophones of Belgium, see French name. The twenty most common French surnames in Belgium are respectively ""Dubois"", ""Lambert"", ""Dupont"", ""Martin"", ""Dumont"", ""Leroy"", ""Leclercq"", ""Simon"", ""Laurent"", ""François"", ""Denis"", ""Renard"", ""Thomas"", ""Lejeune"", ""Gérard"", ""Petit"", ""Mathieu"", ""Lemaire"", ""Charlier"", and ""Bertrand"". Sources Some surnames have an unclear origin, like ""Berger"", meaning ""shepherd"" in French, and ""mountaineer"" in Dutch and German. The particle ""De"" also means ""From"" or ""From the"" in French and means ""The"" in Dutch, which does not help finding the origin."
"were registered as separate names around 1880 when """" were issued. According to the French Institute for Statistics INSEE, more than 1,300,000 surnames were registered in the country between 1891 and 1990, and about 200,000 have disappeared (mainly orthographic variants). It is believed that the number of family names at any time since 1990 hovers between 800,000 and 1,200,000. Not all family names are of French origin, as many families have some immigrant roots. According to different estimates, 50 to 80 percent of French citizens may bear rare family names (fewer than 50 bearers alive at the census time). The"
"Maria of France (born ""Henriette-Marie de France""), queen consort of Charles I of England, first inspired wide use of the name in England in the 17th century. Authors Linda Rosenkrantz and Pamela Redmond Satran noted in their book ""Beyond Jennifer and Jason, Madison and Montana"" that Henrietta is one of the most ""thoroughly upper-class names"" in use in England. Henrietta is no longer a widely used name in English-speaking countries, though its short form Harriet was the 73rd most popular name for baby girls born in England in 2007 and Henrietta was the 85th most popular given name for girls"
"increasing number of foreign names among the French citizens. Table based on births between 1966 and 1990: Some French last names include the word ""De-"" (""of"") or ""Du-"" (contraction for ""de"" + ""le"" = ""of the""), when it is masculine and ""De la-"" when it is feminine, but there are regional variations : in the North of France ""Du-"" is often rendered by ""Dele-"" and in the South of France ""Del-"". When ""de"" is separated, it is known as a particle. A particle ""de"" should not be alphabetized in name lists, The ""particule"" generally indicates some land or feudal origin"
"the 693rd most popular name for boys. However the gap has been narrowing and recently the number of baby boys and baby girls named Robin in United States has been roughly similar (as visualized in the chart on the right). In 2014 46% of babies named Robin in United States were boys, which is about 3 times that figure in 1990. There are several common variations, including ""Robyn"", ""Robbin"", ""Robine"", ""Robyne"", ""Robynne"", and ""Robbyn"". Robin has its origin in France and is also a very common surname in France. Robin is occasionally found as a surname in English language-speaking countries."
"common surname, being shared by 9.9% of the population. Next are Lĭ (), Zhāng (/) and Liú (/). In the south, Chén (/) is the most common, being shared by 10.6% of the population. Next are Lĭ (李), Huáng (/), Lín () and Zhāng (张/張). Around the major crossing points of the Yangtze River, the most common surname is Lĭ (李), taking up 7.7%, followed by Wáng (王), Zhāng (张/張), Chan/Chén (陈/陳) and Liú (刘/劉). A 1987 study showed over 450 family names in common use in Beijing, but there were fewer than 300 family names in Fujian. A study"
"male, but is now more commonly used as a feminine name in the United States. It was the 20th most popular name given to girls born in the United States in 2014. The variants ""Aubree"" and ""Aubrie"" were the 61st most and 428th most popular given names for girls respectively. It was last ranked among the top 1,000 most common names for boys in the United States in 2002. It was the 479th most common name for all males in the United States in the 1990 census. Aubrey Aubrey is an English given name. The name is a Norman French"
"Brazil (1:435), 4.1% of the Philippines (1:230), 3.9% of Guatemala (1:39), 3.0% of Argentina (1:134), 2.8% of Cuba (1:38), 2.8% of Peru (1:105), 1.8% of Ecuador (1:83), 1.7% of Honduras (1:48), 1.5% of the Dominican Republic (1:64), 1.4% of Nicaragua (1:41), 1.2% of El Salvador (1:47) and 1.1% of France (1:576). In Spain, the frequency of the surname was higher than average (1:31) in the following regions: In Mexico, the frequency of the surname was higher than average (1:35) in the following states: García (surname) Garcia or García is an Iberian surname common throughout Spain, Portugal, parts of France, the"
"Laurin Laurin is both a surname and a given name. As of 2014, 61.3% of all known bearers of the surname ""Laurin"" were residents of Canada (frequency 1:3,993), 13.3% of the United States (1:181,351), 8.5% of France (1:52,245), 3.4% of Sweden (1:19,460), 3.0% of Haiti (1:23,327), 2.9% of the Philippines (1:232,194) and 2.6% of Argentina (1:108,762). In Canada, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:3,993) only in one province: Quebec (1:1,312). In France, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:52,245) in the following regions: In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was"
"of the United States (1:14,906), 6.1% of Argentina (1:5,090), 4.2% of Brazil (1:35,328), 2.4% of Canada (1:11,050) and 2.0% of France (1:24,844). In Italy, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:715) in the following regions: In Argentina, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:5,090) in the following provinces: Greco (surname) Greco () is a common Italian surname, ranking 10th among the most widespread surnames in Italy, and it literally means ""Greek"". Historically, its popularity is due to the frequent relationships between Italy and Greece: in particular, it spread within the Griko communities"
"Phạm is the #1455 most common last name comprising about 0.008% of all last names. It is the 951st most common in France with 5,509 persons sharing that name. It is ranked 943rd in the United States Social Security Index. Notable people with the surname Phạm include: Phạm Phạm is the fourth most common Vietnamese family name. Phạm is the Sino-Vietnamese reading of the Chinese character . The same character is used to write the Chinese surname Fan and the Korean surname Beom (). As with other East Asian surnames derived from Chinese, it does not necessarily imply familial relations"
"Dit name The ""dit"" name (in French ""nom-dit"" ) was a common French-Canadian custom by which families often adopted an alternate surname. The practice lasted until the 19th century. The ""dit"" name poses challenges for genealogists confronted with different surnames in different documents, particularly if they are not familiar with the custom. ""Dit"" and the feminine form ""dite"" translate as ""called"" and are the past participle of the French word ""dire"", ""to say"". A name such as Adolphe Guillet ""dit"" Tourangeau can translate as ""Adolphe Guillet, called Tourangeau"", where both ""Guillet"" and ""Tourangeau"" are used as surnames, sometimes together and"
"Blanchard Blanchard is a French family name. It is also used as a given name. It derives from the Old French word ""blanchart"" which meant ""whitish, bordering upon white"". It is also an obsolete term for a white horse. As of 2014, 42.3% of all known bearers of the surname ""Blanchard"" were residents of France (frequency 1:1,117), 36.3% of the United States (1:7,073), 8.7% of Canada (1:3,021), 3.5% of England (1:11,189), 1.7% of Haiti (1:4,397), 1.2% of Vietnam (1:56,908) and 1.1% of Australia (1:15,892). In France, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,117) in the following"
"personal name ""Burdinus"", thus ""Burdiniacum"" > Bourdeny. ""Burdinus"", a given name, gave rise to the patronymic surnames Bourdain and Bourdin, common in west central France. A similar name can be found in the Merovingian toponym Bourdainville. Saint-Léger-du-Bourg-Denis Saint-Léger-du-Bourg-Denis is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Saint-Léger-du-Bourg-Denis is a light industrial suburban town surrounded by woodland and situated in the Roumois, just east of the centre of Rouen at the junction of the D42 and the D138 roads. The current official name of the town derives from a mistaken etymology dating back to French"
"Brandin Brandin is both a given name and a surname, most commonly occurring in Sweden. As of 2014, 41.0% of all known bearers of the surname ""Brandin"" were residents of Sweden (frequency 1:14,396), 24.2% of the United States (1:894,186), 17.3% of France (1:230,130), 4.7% of Germany (1:1,028,572), 3.2% of Belgium (1:216,932), 3.0% of Spain (1:931,795) and 1.9% of Russia (1:4,654,554). In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:14,396) in the following counties: In Belgium, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:216,932) only in one region: Wallonia (1:68,851). In France, the frequency"
"day of Saint Pascal (17 May) rather than on Easter or Pentecost, or independently of the child's date of birth. Pascal (given name) Pascal is a common masculine Francophone given name, cognate of Italian name Pasquale, Spanish name Pascual, Catalan name Pasqual. ""Pascal"" is common in French-speaking countries, Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands. Derived feminine forms include ""Pascale"", ""Pascalle"" or ""Pascalina"". Pascal is also common as a surname in France, and in Italy (in Piedmont, Aosta Valley and, as ""De Pascal"", in Friuli-Venezia Giulia). Pascal derives from the Latin ""paschalis"" or ""pashalis"", which means ""relating to Easter"", from the Latin"