The Privat surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 252 people carried this name — #76,275 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is up 29% from 195 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,238 people named Privat.
54 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 87 départements, most often Gard.
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
45 people named Privat 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/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 Privat,
with a public archive behind them.
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Alexandre Privat d'Anglemont 1815–1859 · writer -
Edmond Privat 1889–1962 · writer -
Edmond Privat 1889–1962 · writer
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Gonzague Privat 1843–1917 · painter
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Maurice Privat 1889–1949 · writer
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Gilbert Privat 1892–1969 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Privat.
- Prioleau 1,659 · U.S. census
- Priolo 878 · U.S. census
- Prior 6,787 · U.S. census
- Priore 905 · U.S. census
- Prise 178 · U.S. census
- Priser 179 · U.S. census
- Prive 336 · U.S. census
- Probst 6,271 · U.S. census
- Procacci 151 · U.S. census
- Procida 409 · U.S. census
- Proffit 1,151 · U.S. census
- Profit 1,648 · U.S. census
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