The Papillon surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 327 people carried this name — #58,130 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,932 people named Papillon.
31 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 77 départements, most often Sarthe.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
20 people named Papillon live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 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
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Papillon.
- Papalia 464 · U.S. census
- Paparella 560 · U.S. census
- Papazian 931 · U.S. census
- Pape 6,412 · U.S. census
- Papi 298 · U.S. census
- Papier 193 · U.S. census
- Papin 677 · U.S. census
- Papineau 1,515 · U.S. census
- Papini 379 · U.S. census
- Papion 102 · U.S. census
- Papp 4,104 · U.S. census
- Pappalardo 1,919 · U.S. census
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