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

The Anselme surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 172 people carried this name — #104,156 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is up 21% from 142 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,068 people named Anselme.

36 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 71 départements, most often Isère.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 36
Isère 114
Savoie 83
Ain 77
Rhône 75
Paris 59
Nord 58
Vaucluse 40
Oise 29

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 35 people named Anselme 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 Liège.

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

Where they live today

Liège 15
Namur 8
Luxembourg Province 7
Walloon Brabant 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

26 people named Anselme 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

Vaud 15
Geneva 7
Ticino 4

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.

Who carried it

People named Anselme,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Antoine Anselme
    Antoine Anselme 1652–1737 · preacher
  • Baptiste cadet
    Baptiste cadet 1765–1839 · actor
  • Rose Anselme 1740– · actor
  • Rose Anselme 1740– · actor
  • François Anselme 1809–1867 · military personnel
  • Marcel Anselme 1925–1982 · painter

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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