The Fournier surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 14,449 people carried this name — #2,505 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 20,400 people counted. That is up 2% from 14,221 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Fournier surname
A surname originating as an occupation.
From fournier, inherited from Latin furnārius.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Fournier» (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 31,412 people named Fournier.
416 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 105 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
2,208 people named Fournier live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 774 people named Fournier 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 553 people named Fournier 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 the Nordic population registers
29 people named Fournier is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Fournier in American newspapers,
1858–1947.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 48,220 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Fournier,
with a public archive behind them.
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Georges Fournier 1595–1652 · mathematician -
Félix Fournier 1803–1877 · politician -
Jean Alfred Fournier 1832–1914 · physician -
Eugène Pierre Nicolas Fournier 1834–1884 · botanist -
Ernest François Fournier 1842–1934 · admiral
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 178 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Fournier.
- Fourcade 152 · U.S. census
- Fourie 316 · U.S. census
- Fournerat 114 · U.S. census
- Fournet 450 · U.S. census
- Fourney 209 · U.S. census
- Fournie 168 · U.S. census
- Fourre 117 · U.S. census
- Fourt 101 · U.S. census
- Foux 192 · U.S. census
- Fox 152,334 · U.S. census
- Foy 12,952 · U.S. census
- Foyer 148 · U.S. census
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