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The Six surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,497 people carried this name — #9,311 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 84,000 people counted. That is down 1% from 3,541 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 2,127 people named Six.

73 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 61 départements, most often Nord.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 73
Nord 1,471
Pas-de-Calais 161
Paris 89
Seine-Maritime 30
Yvelines 29
Haut-Rhin 27
Martinique 25
Dordogne 17

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 1,091 people named Six 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 West Flanders.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

West Flanders 745
Hainaut 128
East Flanders 107
Antwerp 43
Flemish Brabant 26
Namur 20
Brussels-Capital 17
Walloon Brabant 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

44 people named Six live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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

Where they live today

Zurich 13
Aargau 8
Jura 8
Vaud 5
Geneva 4
Neuchâtel 3
Valais 3

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 20 people named Six 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

Buenos Aires Province 20

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Six in American newspapers,
1913.

Newspaper page from The Enterprise carrying the name Six
The Enterprise 1913-08-07
Newspaper page from The Enterprise carrying the name Six
The Enterprise 1913-08-07
Newspaper page from Fergus County Democrat carrying the name Six
Fergus County Democrat 1913-03-04

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 11,197,938 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Six,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jan Six I
    Jan Six I 1618–1700 · writer
  • Margaretha Tulp
    Margaretha Tulp 1634–1709 · art collector
  • Guillaume Six 1525–1575
  • Charles Six 1535–1595 · blue dyer
  • Guillaume Six 1564–1619 · silk dyer
  • Jean Six 1575–1617 · silk dyer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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