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

The Nazaire surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 737 people carried this name — #31,412 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 400,000 people counted. That is up 82% from 406 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Nazaire surname

From French, related to Nazareth.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Nazaire» (English), 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 53 people named Nazaire.

4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Pyrénées-Atlantiques.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 4
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 11
Martinique 11
Finistère 4
Dordogne 4
Charente 3
Gironde 3
Guadeloupe 3
Landes 2

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Nazaire 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.

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