The Meilleur surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 340 people carried this name — #59,470 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is up 7% from 318 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 129 people named Meilleur.
1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Savoie.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Meilleur,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean-Baptiste Meilleur 1796–1878 · writer -
Marie-Louise Meilleur 1880–1998
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Madeleine Meilleur 1948– · lawyer
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René Meilleur 1950– · cook
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Daniel Meilleur 1951–2024 · theatre director
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Ghislaine Meilleur 1951–
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Meilleur.
- Mehr 1,415 · U.S. census
- Mehu 232 · U.S. census
- Mei 7,867 · U.S. census
- Meier 25,486 · U.S. census
- Meil 172 · U.S. census
- Meiller 243 · U.S. census
- Meinhard 120 · U.S. census
- Meireles 284 · U.S. census
- Meiser 1,565 · U.S. census
- Meiss 374 · U.S. census
- Meissner 4,097 · U.S. census
- Meister 7,885 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Meilleur 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.