The Tixier surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 123 people carried this name — #136,449 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is up 9% from 113 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 3,823 people named Tixier.
51 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 90 départements, most often Puy-de-Dôme.
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
21 people named Tixier live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 Tixier,
with a public archive behind them.
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Adrien Tixier 1893–1946 · politician -
Léon Tixier d. 1649 · Catholic priest
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Léonard André Tixier de La Chapelle 1765–1832 · politician
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Émilie Tixier Damas de Saint-Prix 1789–1869 · collector of fairy tales
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Joseph Charles Tixier-Lachassagne 1795–1869 · politician
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Michel Tixier 1796–1864 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Tixier.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Tixier is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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