The Meunier surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,641 people carried this name — #11,856 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 111,100 people counted. That is up 3% from 2,563 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Meunier surname
A surname, Meunier, originating as an occupation, equivalent to English Miller.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Meunier» (French), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 20,988 people named Meunier.
306 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 100 départements, most often Paris.
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 2,512 people named Meunier 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
195 people named Meunier live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 112 people named Meunier 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
23 people named Meunier is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Meunier in American newspapers,
1891–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,104 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Meunier,
with a public archive behind them.
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Marie-Geneviève Meunier 1765–1794 · Christian nun -
Claude Marie Meunier 1770–1846 · military officer -
Victor Meunier 1817–1903 · writer -
Constantin Meunier 1831–1905 · painter -
Stanislas-Étienne Meunier 1843–1925 · geologist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 201 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Meunier.
- Metzinger 928 · U.S. census
- Metzler 6,657 · U.S. census
- Metzner 1,134 · U.S. census
- Meucci 374 · U.S. census
- Meuleman 101 · U.S. census
- Meulemans 453 · U.S. census
- Meurer 1,804 · U.S. census
- Meuret 271 · U.S. census
- Meurs 115 · U.S. census
- Meury 105 · U.S. census
- Meux 142 · U.S. census
- Mey 1,029 · U.S. census
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