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The Saintonge surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 114 people carried this name — #145,220 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is down 14% from 132 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Saintonge surname

A habitational surname from French.

From French Saint Onge.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Saint Onge» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 115 people named Saintonge.

2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Haute-Vienne.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 2
Haute-Vienne 53
Loiret 32
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 6
Paris 4
Oise 4
Gironde 3
Ille-et-Vilaine 3
Somme 3

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

Who carried it

People named Saintonge,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Edmund Saintonge 1861–1907 · composer
  • Gontran Saintonge 1898–1968 · politician
  • Philippe Saintonge 1913–1983 · Catholic priest
  • Ray Saintonge 1943–2016 · tax advisor
  • Jean-Pierre Saintonge 1945– · judge
  • Amélie Saintonge 1980– · astrophysicist

Wikidata (CC0).

When the index is not enough

This page says where Saintonge is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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