The Champagne surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,023 people carried this name — #2,982 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 24,500 people counted. That is up 6% from 11,369 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,146 people named Champagne.
44 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 78 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 574 people named Champagne 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 Limburg.
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
25 people named Champagne live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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
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
Champagne in American newspapers,
1868–1950.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 559,225 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Champagne,
with a public archive behind them.
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Josiah Champagne 1755–1840 · military personnel -
Charles Champagne 1838–1907 · judge -
Louis Napoléon Champagne 1860–1911 · judge -
Hector Champagne 1862–1941 · lawyer -
Claude Champagne 1891–1965 · composer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 133 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Champagne.
- Chamberlin 9,897 · U.S. census
- Chambers 94,988 · U.S. census
- Chambon 146 · U.S. census
- Chami 391 · U.S. census
- Chamorro 2,602 · U.S. census
- Champ 3,104 · U.S. census
- Champeau 730 · U.S. census
- Champie 104 · U.S. census
- Champigny 326 · U.S. census
- Champion 17,527 · U.S. census
- Champoux 661 · U.S. census
- Champy 181 · U.S. census
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