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The Georges surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 4,350 people carried this name — #7,090 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 62,100 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 8,678 people named Georges.

258 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 103 départements, most often Vosges.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 258
Vosges 936
Meurthe-et-Moselle 788
Paris 703
Moselle 333
Ille-et-Vilaine 277
Loire 264
Nord 242
Rhône 220

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 2,375 people named Georges 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 Luxembourg Province.

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Where they live today

Luxembourg Province 846
Liège 504
Namur 464
Hainaut 273
Brussels-Capital 113
Walloon Brabant 109
East Flanders 20
Flemish Brabant 19

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

283 people named Georges live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.

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Where they live today

Valais 110
Vaud 60
Geneva 32
Fribourg 21
Bern 18
Zurich 13
Neuchâtel 9
Aargau 7

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In print

Georges in American newspapers,
1899–1924.

Newspaper page from The Chicago Citizen carrying the name Georges
The Chicago Citizen 1899-09-09
Newspaper page from The Denison Review carrying the name Georges
The Denison Review 1904-10-12
Newspaper page from The Tacoma Times carrying the name Georges
The Tacoma Times 1910-12-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,981,547 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Georges,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Marguerite Georges
    Marguerite Georges 1787–1867 · dramaturge
  • Karl Ernst Georges
    Karl Ernst Georges 1806–1895 · teacher
  • Alexandre Georges
    Alexandre Georges 1850–1938 · composer
  • Alphonse Georges
    Alphonse Georges 1875–1951 · military personnel
  • André Georges
    André Georges 1902–1963 · mountaineer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 128 lives in all are documented under this name.

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