The Cuvelier surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 398 people carried this name — #52,169 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted. That is up 10% from 361 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 2,599 people named Cuvelier 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 Hainaut.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,466 people named Cuvelier.
75 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 66 départements, most often Nord.
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
22 people named Cuvelier 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.
Who carried it
People named Cuvelier,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean-Guillaume-Augustin Cuvelier 1766–1824 · writer -
Hippolyte Joseph Cuvelier 1803–1876 · painter -
Hugues Cuvelier d. 1526 · architect
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Johannes Cuvelier 1301– · composer
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Michel Cuvelier 1600–1652 · mathematician
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Michel Cuvelier 1600–1651 · mathematician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cuvelier.
- Cusey 174 · U.S. census
- Cusimano 1,130 · U.S. census
- Cusson 1,299 · U.S. census
- Custodio 3,592 · U.S. census
- Cusumano 2,826 · U.S. census
- Cutajar 194 · U.S. census
- Cuvillier 122 · U.S. census
- Cvetkovic 187 · U.S. census
- Cwiklinski 462 · U.S. census
- Cybulski 1,214 · U.S. census
- Cygan 1,151 · U.S. census
- Cyprien 289 · U.S. census
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