The Esprit surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 248 people carried this name — #77,264 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is up 43% from 174 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 238 people named Esprit.
16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 départements, most often Haute-Marne.
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 110 people named Esprit 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 West Flanders.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Esprit,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jacques Esprit 1611–1677 · writer
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Anne-Marie Esprit 1866–1926 · painter
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Raymonde Esprit-Massonneau 1901–2004 · painter
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Bruno Esprit 1955– · politician
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Jermaine Esprit 1979– · baseball player
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Aurélien Esprit 1990– · politician
Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Esprit.
- Espie 226 · U.S. census
- Espin 847 · U.S. census
- Espinet 192 · U.S. census
- Espinosa 38,667 · U.S. census
- Espinoza 112,154 · U.S. census
- Esposito 22,789 · U.S. census
- Espy 1,851 · U.S. census
- Esquer 1,855 · U.S. census
- Esquerre 100 · U.S. census
- Esse 436 · U.S. census
- Essel 238 · U.S. census
- Esser 4,297 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Esprit is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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