The Raynal surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 194 people carried this name — #94,311 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is up 9% from 178 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 4,143 people named Raynal.
62 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 89 départements, most often Aveyron.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 138 people named Raynal live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
37 people named Raynal live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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 Raynal,
with a public archive behind them.
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Guillaume Thomas François Raynal 1713–1796 · writer -
François Édouard Raynal 1830–1898 · writer -
David Raynal 1840–1903 · politician -
Sylvain Eugène Raynal 1867–1939 · military personnel -
Maurice Raynal 1884–1954 · writer -
Marie-Aline Raynal d. 1991 · literary scholar
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Raynal.
- Raya 7,198 · U.S. census
- Raye 1,625 · U.S. census
- Rayer 355 · U.S. census
- Raymon 250 · U.S. census
- Raymond 40,275 · U.S. census
- Raymont 101 · U.S. census
- Raynard 282 · U.S. census
- Raynaud 132 · U.S. census
- Rayne 687 · U.S. census
- Rayon 946 · U.S. census
- Razer 134 · U.S. census
- Razin 115 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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