The Raoul surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 137 people carried this name — #125,282 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is up 25% from 110 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,581 people named Raoul.
30 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 85 départements, most often Côtes-d’Armor.
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
21 people named Raoul live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 Raoul,
with a public archive behind them.
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Louis-Vincent Raoul 1770–1848 · writer -
Fanny Raoul 1771–1833 · writer -
Theodora Raoulaina 1240–1300 · diplomat
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Jean-Louis Raoul 1751–1844
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Charles-François Raoul 1759–1824 · military officer
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Jean-Marie Raoul 1766–1837 · judge
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Raoul.
- Ranieri 2,837 · U.S. census
- Rano 206 · U.S. census
- Ranson 3,138 · U.S. census
- Rantz 723 · U.S. census
- Ranucci 346 · U.S. census
- Rao 11,672 · U.S. census
- Rapetti 109 · U.S. census
- Raphael 4,366 · U.S. census
- Raphel 191 · U.S. census
- Rapin 270 · U.S. census
- Rapoport 1,286 · U.S. census
- Raposo 2,829 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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