The Sauveur surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 264 people carried this name — #73,464 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is up 64% from 161 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 279 people named Sauveur.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 38 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 131 people named Sauveur 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 Liège.
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.
Who carried it
People named Sauveur,
with a public archive behind them.
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Toussaint-Dieudonné Sauveur 1766–1838 · physician -
Albert Sauveur 1863–1939 · physicist -
Joseph Sauveur 1653–1716 · physicist
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Marguerite-Louise Sauveur 1727–1810 · actor
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(Dieudonné) Jean Joseph Sauveur 1797–1862 · physician
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J.-T.-Hyacinthe Sauveur 1801–1888 · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sauveur.
- Sauser 676 · U.S. census
- Sauter 5,163 · U.S. census
- Sautter 1,826 · U.S. census
- Sauvage 402 · U.S. census
- Sauvain 128 · U.S. census
- Sauve 2,321 · U.S. census
- Sava 718 · U.S. census
- Savage 49,914 · U.S. census
- Saval 128 · U.S. census
- Savalli 102 · U.S. census
- Savard 1,738 · U.S. census
- Savarese 2,154 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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