The Receveur surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 220 people carried this name — #85,049 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is up 13% from 194 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 694 people named Receveur.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 45 départements, most often Doubs.
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
29 people named Receveur 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 Receveur,
with a public archive behind them.
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Felix Receveur 1864–1938 · entrepreneur -
Antoine-Sylvestre Receveur 1750–1804 · Catholic priest
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Louis Receveur 1757–1788 · astronomer
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Tijn Receveur 1905–1964 · politician
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Jacky Receveur 1949–2016 · association football player
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Philippe Receveur 1963– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Receveur.
- Reboulet 152 · U.S. census
- Rebstock 806 · U.S. census
- Recalde 630 · U.S. census
- Recarte 254 · U.S. census
- Recchia 1,248 · U.S. census
- Recco 244 · U.S. census
- Rech 1,639 · U.S. census
- Recher 253 · U.S. census
- Recht 472 · U.S. census
- Recio 3,442 · U.S. census
- Reck 3,155 · U.S. census
- Record 3,515 · U.S. census
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