The Savoy surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,649 people carried this name — #4,638 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 38,600 people counted. That is up 5% from 7,304 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
684 people named Savoy live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Fribourg.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 610 people named Savoy 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 333 people named Savoy.
21 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 35 départements, most often Somme.
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.
Who carried it
People named Savoy,
with a public archive behind them.
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Maria Luisa of Savoy 1688–1714 · politician -
Umberto I of Italy 1844–1900 · monarch -
Edward Augustine Savoy 1855–1943 · bureaucrat -
Giovanna of Savoy 1907–2000 · tsar -
Giovanna of Savoy 1907–2000 · tsar -
Anne Savoy 1606–1687
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Savoy.
- Savino 4,899 · U.S. census
- Savio 765 · U.S. census
- Savoia 666 · U.S. census
- Savoie 5,652 · U.S. census
- Savon 159 · U.S. census
- Savona 639 · U.S. census
- Savoye 123 · U.S. census
- Savy 101 · U.S. census
- Sawicki 3,977 · U.S. census
- Sax 1,676 · U.S. census
- Saxe 1,776 · U.S. census
- Saxer 480 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Savoy is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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