The Saulnier surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,471 people carried this name — #18,685 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 200,000 people counted. That is up 4% from 1,414 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 3,858 people named Saulnier.
38 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 81 départements, most often Paris.
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
54 people named Saulnier live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 25 people named Saulnier 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.
Who carried it
People named Saulnier,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pierre Dieudonné Louis Saulnier 1767–1838 · politician -
Sébastien Louis Saulnier 1790–1835 · official -
Marie-Nicolas Saulnier de La Pinelais 1836–1916 · painter -
Jean Saulnier 1505–1700 · translator
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Charles Saulnier 1690–1738 · prior
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Claude Michel Saulnier 1735– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Saulnier.
- Saucier 6,489 · U.S. census
- Saude 154 · U.S. census
- Sauder 2,393 · U.S. census
- Sauer 15,430 · U.S. census
- Saul 7,047 · U.S. census
- Saulle 164 · U.S. census
- Sault 293 · U.S. census
- Saumier 172 · U.S. census
- Saunders 69,943 · U.S. census
- Saunier 775 · U.S. census
- Saur 806 · U.S. census
- Saura 183 · U.S. census
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