The Honore surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,191 people carried this name — #13,798 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 135,100 people counted. That is up 21% from 1,804 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,864 people named Honore.
54 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 93 départements, most often Nord.
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 685 people named Honore 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
32 people named Honore live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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.
Who carried it
People named Honore,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hector Honore 1905–1983 · engineer
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Pascal Honore 1958– · visual artist
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Thomas Gregers Honoré 1969– · chief executive officer
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Honore.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Honore is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.