The Pere surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 473 people carried this name — #43,058 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,713 people named Pere.
41 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 74 départements, most often Hautes-Pyrénées.
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 63 people named Pere 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pere.
- Peralta 24,713 · U.S. census
- Perasso 129 · U.S. census
- Perault 293 · U.S. census
- Percy 4,015 · U.S. census
- Perdigon 133 · U.S. census
- Perdon 133 · U.S. census
- Perea 8,808 · U.S. census
- Pereau 119 · U.S. census
- Perego 258 · U.S. census
- Pereira 22,921 · U.S. census
- Perel 495 · U.S. census
- Perelli 303 · U.S. census
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