The Saint surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,897 people carried this name — #15,442 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 156,300 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (1,897).
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,536 people named Saint 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 519 people named Saint.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 40 départements, most often Manche.
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
63 people named Saint live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 29 people named Saint 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Saint in American newspapers,
1855–1915.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,985,471 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Saint,
with a public archive behind them.
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Noël Bouton de Chamilly 1636–1715 · military personnel -
Emmanuel Marie Michel Philippe Fréteau de Saint-Just 1745–1794 · politician -
Daniel Saint 1778–1847 · painter -
Lucien Saint 1867–1938 · politician -
Pierre-Jacques de Saint-Calais 1712–1741 · regular cleric
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Wilhelm Saint 1730–1780 · engraver
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Saint.
- Saidi 684 · U.S. census
- Saifi 193 · U.S. census
- Sailer 2,520 · U.S. census
- Saillant 218 · U.S. census
- Saindon 904 · U.S. census
- Saine 1,512 · U.S. census
- Sainte 216 · U.S. census
- Saintonge 114 · U.S. census
- Saintpierre 379 · U.S. census
- Sainz 3,869 · U.S. census
- Sais 1,064 · U.S. census
- Saiter 127 · U.S. census
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