Alegre surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Alegre surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,431 people carried this name — #17,984 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 188,700 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 325 people named Alegre.

54 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 47 départements, most often Aveyron.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 54
Aveyron 42
Haute-Garonne 22
Paris 20
Aude 18
Hérault 17
Tarn 14
Gard 13
Yvelines 12

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

72 people named Alegre live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Geneva 24
Vaud 20
Zurich 10
Neuchâtel 6
St. Gallen 5
Aargau 4
Basel-Stadt 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Alegre is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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