The Saunier surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 775 people carried this name — #30,222 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 384,600 people counted. That is up 19% from 652 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 4,852 people named Saunier.
73 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 92 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
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
138 people named Saunier live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Jura.
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 Saunier,
with a public archive behind them.
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Claudius Saunier 1816–1896 · teacher -
Vincent Saunier 1731– · choreographer
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Pierre-Paul Saunier 1751–1818 · horticulturist
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Antoine Saunier 1758–1850 · goldsmith
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Louis François Saunier 1761–1841 · military officer
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Léon Saunier 1814–1877 · bookseller
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Saunier.
- Saul 7,047 · U.S. census
- Saulle 164 · U.S. census
- Saulnier 1,471 · U.S. census
- Sault 293 · U.S. census
- Saumier 172 · U.S. census
- Saunders 69,943 · U.S. census
- Saur 806 · U.S. census
- Saura 183 · U.S. census
- Saure 126 · U.S. census
- Sauri 301 · U.S. census
- Sauser 676 · U.S. census
- Sauter 5,163 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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