Remy surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Remy surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,784 people carried this name — #8,681 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 78,100 people counted. That is up 16% from 3,268 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 10,846 people named Remy.

205 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 99 départements, most often Vosges.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 205
Vosges 1,592
Nord 1,132
Paris 986
Meurthe-et-Moselle 720
Marne 682
Moselle 494
Ardennes 363
Haute-Marne 361

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 2,789 people named Remy 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 Hainaut.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Hainaut 661
Liège 659
Namur 589
Luxembourg Province 368
Brussels-Capital 179
Walloon Brabant 173
East Flanders 77
Flemish Brabant 36

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

625 people named Remy live in Switzerland.

They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Fribourg.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Fribourg 250
Vaud 119
Valais 42
Geneva 38
Neuchâtel 37
Bern 34
Zurich 27
Jura 17

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.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 116 people named Remy 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

Buenos Aires Province 70
City of Buenos Aires 23
Neuquén 13
Mendoza 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Remy in American newspapers,
1871–1960.

Newspaper page from Der Wanderer carrying the name Remy
Der Wanderer 1871-04-29
Newspaper page from Evening Journal carrying the name Remy
Evening Journal 1905-11-25
Newspaper page from The Sun carrying the name Remy
The Sun 1911-05-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 31,590 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Remy,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Wilhelm Remy
    Wilhelm Remy 1702–1761 · merchant
  • Eduard Remy
    Eduard Remy 1813–1896 · entrepreneur
  • Sébastien Remy
    Sébastien Remy 1854–1944 · physician
  • Joseph Remy
    Joseph Remy 1857–1936 · politician
  • Marcel Remy
    Marcel Remy 1865–1906 · writer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 110 lives in all are documented under this name.

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