The Poirrier surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 645 people carried this name — #34,967 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 454,500 people counted. That is up 18% from 546 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Poirrier surname
Variant of Poirier.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Poirrier» (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 926 people named Poirrier.
11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 62 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 46 people named Poirrier 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 Luxembourg Province.
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.
Who carried it
People named Poirrier,
with a public archive behind them.
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Nicolas Poirrier 1764– · magistrate
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Alfred Poirrier 1826–1898 · politician
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François Poirrier 1832–1917 · politician
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Gustavo Poirrier 1965–2003 · association football player
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David Poirrier 1974– · politician
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Sylvain Poirrier 1975– · politician
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Poirrier.
- Point 592 · U.S. census
- Pointe 110 · U.S. census
- Poire 226 · U.S. census
- Poirier 9,453 · U.S. census
- Poirot 402 · U.S. census
- Poiroux 134 · U.S. census
- Poissant 653 · U.S. census
- Poisson 1,822 · U.S. census
- Poitier 526 · U.S. census
- Pokorski 492 · U.S. census
- Pol 1,312 · U.S. census
- Polack 643 · U.S. census
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