The Thevenot surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 369 people carried this name — #55,619 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted. That is up 7% from 345 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Thevenot surname
Borrowed from French Thévenot (or its variants: Thevenot and Thèvenot).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Thevenot» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,658 people named Thevenot.
40 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 84 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
36 people named Thevenot live in Switzerland.
They live in 2 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 print
Thevenot in American newspapers,
1892–1913.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 406 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Thevenot.
- Theophile 375 · U.S. census
- Theriot 6,424 · U.S. census
- Theron 181 · U.S. census
- Thery 128 · U.S. census
- Theuret 162 · U.S. census
- Thevenin 512 · U.S. census
- Theys 425 · U.S. census
- Thiam 935 · U.S. census
- Thibaudeau 351 · U.S. census
- Thibault 5,870 · U.S. census
- Thibaut 305 · U.S. census
- Thibeau 886 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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