The Maire surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 586 people carried this name — #36,129 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 454,500 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 5,368 people named Maire.
110 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 87 départements, most often Meurthe-et-Moselle.
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
790 people named Maire live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 29 people named Maire 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Maire.
- Maingot 160 · U.S. census
- Maini 301 · U.S. census
- Maino 414 · U.S. census
- Mainville 602 · U.S. census
- Maio 1,677 · U.S. census
- Maiorana 918 · U.S. census
- Mais 670 · U.S. census
- Maison 648 · U.S. census
- Maisonneuve 244 · U.S. census
- Maitre 388 · U.S. census
- Maiz 137 · U.S. census
- Maj 415 · U.S. census
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