Gaume surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Gaume surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 192 people carried this name — #95,115 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is up 15% from 167 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,019 people named Gaume.

8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 57 départements, most often Allier.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 8
Allier 233
Doubs 215
Paris 66
Puy-de-Dôme 57
Indre-et-Loire 48
Mayenne 36
Dordogne 33
Nièvre 27

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

34 people named Gaume live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Neuchâtel.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Neuchâtel 11
Geneva 7
Vaud 5
Fribourg 4
Zurich 4
Jura 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.

Who carried it

People named Gaume,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jean-Joseph Gaume
    Jean-Joseph Gaume 1802–1879 · Catholic priest
  • Mélanie Gaume
    Mélanie Gaume 1806–1856 · writer
  • Jean-Marie Gaume 1946– · politician
  • Yves Gaume 1948– · politician
  • Marie-Josephe Gaume 1951– · politician
  • Michel Gaume 1956– · politician

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

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