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The Maillet surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,603 people carried this name — #17,551 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 185,200 people counted. That is up 9% from 1,473 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 6,894 people named Maillet.

90 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 97 départements, most often Paris.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 90
Paris 566
Maine-et-Loire 507
Nord 249
Cher 239
Charente-Maritime 232
Vienne 214
Aisne 201
Indre 184

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 247 people named Maillet 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 183
Entre Ríos 64

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 64 people named Maillet 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.

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

Where they live today

Hainaut 58
Antwerp 6

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

52 people named Maillet live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 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

Vaud 30
Geneva 6
Zurich 6
Valais 4
Fribourg 3
Neuchâtel 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 Maillet,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Edmond Maillet
    Edmond Maillet 1865–1938 · mathematician
  • Marie Marguerite Maillet de Batilly 1704–1762
  • Augustin Maillet 1753–1825 · politician
  • Charles-Félix Maillet du Boullay 1795–1878 · architect
  • Dominique Maillet 1801–1901 · librarian
  • Alphonse Maillet 1810– · writer

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

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