The Begue surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 385 people carried this name — #53,667 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted. That is down 15% from 451 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 4,058 people named Begue.
92 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 86 départements, most often La Réunion.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 292 people named Begue 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
32 people named Begue live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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.
Who carried it
People named Begue,
with a public archive behind them.
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Franck II Louise 1966– · composer
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Laurent Bègue-Shankland 1972– · university teacher
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Maximilian Begue 2001– · basketball player
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Nicole Begue 2006– · alpine skier
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Nicole Begue 2006– · alpine skier
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Begue.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Begue is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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