The Pelletier surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 17,267 people carried this name — #1,911 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 15,600 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 11,070 people named Pelletier.
154 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 97 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
283 people named Pelletier live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Pelletier in American newspapers,
1887–1924.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 36,445 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Pelletier,
with a public archive behind them.
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Bertrand Pelletier 1761–1797 · pharmacist -
Pierre Joseph Pelletier 1788–1842 · pharmacist -
Mary Euphrasia Pelletier 1796–1868 · nun -
Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier 1837–1911 · judge -
Romain-Octave Pelletier I 1843–1927 · composer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 215 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pelletier.
- Pellegrin 1,931 · U.S. census
- Pellegrini 3,809 · U.S. census
- Pellegrino 7,237 · U.S. census
- Peller 718 · U.S. census
- Pellerin 3,126 · U.S. census
- Pellet 171 · U.S. census
- Pellicano 607 · U.S. census
- Pelliccia 377 · U.S. census
- Pellicer 332 · U.S. census
- Pellicier 101 · U.S. census
- Pellin 157 · U.S. census
- Pellissier 306 · U.S. census
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