The Allaire surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,823 people carried this name — #15,938 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 161,300 people counted. That is up 6% from 1,717 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Allaire surname
From French Allaire, ultimately of Breton origin.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Allaire» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,909 people named Allaire.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 62 départements, most often Loire-Atlantique.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
21 people named Allaire live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 print
Allaire in American newspapers,
1892–1902.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 22,288 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Allaire,
with a public archive behind them.
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Anthony Allaire 1829–1903 · military officer -
William Herbert Allaire, Jr. 1858–1933 · military personnel -
Gratien Allaire 1945– · historian -
Etienne Allaire 1822–1896 · writer
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Jean-Baptiste-Arthur Allaire 1866–1943 · writer
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Roger Allaire 1872–1948 · historian
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Allaire.
When the index is not enough
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