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The Negre surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 120 people carried this name — #139,228 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is up 17% from 103 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Negre surname

A surname from Occitan.

Borrowed from Occitan Negre. Historically most prevalent in Tarn.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Nègre» (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 2,554 people named Negre.

65 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 78 départements, most often Tarn.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 65
Tarn 458
Hérault 246
Bouches-du-Rhône 173
Tarn-et-Garonne 166
Alpes-Maritimes 149
Gard 142
Aude 131
Paris 130

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 166 people named Negre 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.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 81
City of Buenos Aires 31
Mendoza 23
San Luis 21
Córdoba 10

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

23 people named Negre live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

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

Where they live today

Geneva 7
Fribourg 5
Zug 4
Zurich 4
Vaud 3

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.

Who carried it

People named Negre,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Josep Negre
    Josep Negre 1875–1939 · trade unionist
  • Pelagi Negre i Pastell 1895–1984 · historian
  • Leopold Negre 1897– · physician
  • Montserrat Negre i Queralt 1925–2021 · teacher
  • Antoni Negre i Villavecchia 1931–2022 · businessperson
  • Leandro Negre 1946– · field hockey player

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

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