The Alexandre surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,675 people carried this name — #7,155 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 63,300 people counted. That is up 64% from 2,843 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 8,555 people named Alexandre.
266 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 100 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 1,108 people named Alexandre live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
295 people named Alexandre live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 218 people named Alexandre live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
30 people named Alexandre is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Alexandre in American newspapers,
1872–1902.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 58,934 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Alexandre,
with a public archive behind them.
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Noël Alexandre 1639–1724 · historian -
Louis Alexandre 1759–1827 · painter -
Aaron Alexandre 1766–1850 · chess composer -
Mount Shrine d. 2021 · musician
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Pierre Alexandre 1498–1563 · religious person
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Nicolas Alexandre 1654–1728 · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Alexandre.
- Alessandri 232 · U.S. census
- Alessandrini 523 · U.S. census
- Alessi 3,372 · U.S. census
- Alessio 911 · U.S. census
- Alex 5,476 · U.S. census
- Alexander 204,621 · U.S. census
- Alexanian 402 · U.S. census
- Alexis 6,915 · U.S. census
- Alfano 4,724 · U.S. census
- Alfaro 35,725 · U.S. census
- Alfieri 2,092 · U.S. census
- Alfonsi 371 · U.S. census
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