The Toussaint surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 5,686 people carried this name — #5,598 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 47,400 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 6,786 people named Toussaint.
242 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 97 départements, most often Vosges.
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 3,121 people named Toussaint 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
101 people named Toussaint live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Toussaint,
with a public archive behind them.
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François-Vincent Toussaint 1715–1772 · writer -
Pierre Toussaint 1766–1853 · hairdresser -
Ulysse Alexandre Toussaint 1839–1919 · opera singer -
Jean Joseph Henri Toussaint 1847–1890 · veterinarian -
Edmond Toussaint 1849–1931 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 154 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Toussaint.
- Toure 889 · U.S. census
- Tourigny 488 · U.S. census
- Tournay 141 · U.S. census
- Tournier 142 · U.S. census
- Tourville 1,535 · U.S. census
- Tous 144 · U.S. census
- Toutant 406 · U.S. census
- Tovar 23,743 · U.S. census
- Toye 1,144 · U.S. census
- Tozzi 1,241 · U.S. census
- Traber 444 · U.S. census
- Trabucco 658 · U.S. census
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