The Gautier surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,505 people carried this name — #12,411 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 117,600 people counted. That is up 9% from 2,295 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 22,175 people named Gautier.
178 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 104 départements, most often Ille-et-Vilaine.
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
380 people named Gautier live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 243 people named Gautier 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 Mendoza.
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 237 people named Gautier 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
34 people named Gautier 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
Gautier in American newspapers,
1895–1941.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 32,453 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Gautier,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pierre Gautier 1641–1724 · judge -
Jean Antoine Gautier 1674–1729 · politician -
Arnauld Eloi Gautier Dagoty 1744–1783 · naturalist -
Ferdinand Gautier 1839–1909 · engineer -
Paul Ferdinand Gautier 1842–1909 · instrument maker
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 234 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gautier.
- Gaumond 566 · U.S. census
- Gaumont 171 · U.S. census
- Gauron 109 · U.S. census
- Gauss 1,029 · U.S. census
- Gauthe 120 · U.S. census
- Gauthier 16,852 · U.S. census
- Gautreau 1,595 · U.S. census
- Gauvain 208 · U.S. census
- Gauvin 2,223 · U.S. census
- Gauvreau 342 · U.S. census
- Gauze 247 · U.S. census
- Gava 151 · U.S. census
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