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The Cloutier surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,461 people carried this name — #4,747 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 39,500 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (7,434).

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What the name means

The meaning of the Cloutier surname

A surname originating as an occupation, equivalent to English Naylor.

From cloutier. The neighbourhood is named after Catholic bishop François-Xavier Cloutier (1848 - 1934).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Cloutier» (French), 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 162 people named Cloutier.

5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Yonne.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 5
Yonne 29
Paris 25
Nord 19
Loiret 17
Ardennes 10
Manche 10
Sarthe 9
Seine-et-Marne 7

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

23 people named Cloutier live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 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 10
Geneva 5
Valais 5
Zurich 3

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

Cloutier in American newspapers,
1886–1923.

Newspaper page from Casper Daily Tribune carrying the name Cloutier
Casper Daily Tribune 1923-02-11
Newspaper page from Watertown Republican carrying the name Cloutier
Watertown Republican 1886-12-22
Newspaper page from The Record-courier carrying the name Cloutier
The Record-courier 1920-06-04

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,237 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Cloutier,
with a public archive behind them.

  • François-Xavier Cloutier
    François-Xavier Cloutier 1848–1934 · Catholic priest
  • Daniel Cloutier
    Daniel Cloutier 1862–1902 · politician
  • Léonce Cloutier d. 2003 · university teacher
  • Zacharie Cloutier 1590–1677 · carpenter
  • Jean Cloutier 1652–1709
  • Louise Cloutier 1658–1733

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

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Surnames next to Cloutier.

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