Maitre surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Maitre surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 514 people carried this name — #42,237 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 588,200 people counted. That is up 32% from 388 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 4,107 people named Maitre.

113 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 86 départements, most often Paris.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 113
Paris 413
Saône-et-Loire 314
Jura 285
Doubs 249
Vienne 208
Savoie 178
Rhône 162
Côte-d’Or 153

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

700 people named Maitre live in Switzerland.

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

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Jura 307
Valais 140
Vaud 61
Geneva 56
Bern 47
Fribourg 27
Neuchâtel 27
Aargau 11

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 Belgium’s population register

At least 98 people named Maitre 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 Antwerp.

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

Where they live today

Antwerp 61
Brussels-Capital 18
Hainaut 14
Luxembourg Province 5

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 28 people named Maitre 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 Santa Fe.

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

Where they live today

Santa Fe 28

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

Who carried it

People named Maitre,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Antoine Maitre
    Antoine Maitre 1809–1871 · bookbinder
  • Antoine Maitre-Jean 1650–1730 · physician
  • Henri Maitre 1883–1914 · author
  • Yves Maitre 1917–1966 · politician
  • Mauricette Maitre 1943– · politician
  • André Maitre 1946– · politician

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

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