The Vannier surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 310 people carried this name — #64,200 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted. That is up 7% from 289 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 3,882 people named Vannier.
27 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 82 départements, most often Mayenne.
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
40 people named Vannier live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.
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 Vannier,
with a public archive behind them.
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Philippe Vannier 1762–1842 · military personnel -
Arlene L. Vannier d. 1991
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Madeleine Jeanne Vannier 1794– · printer
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Léon Vannier 1880–1963 · physician
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Paul Vannier 1880–1940 · sculptor
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Pierre Vannier 1899–1986
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Vannier.
- Vanier 554 · U.S. census
- Vanlerberghe 236 · U.S. census
- Vanloo 831 · U.S. census
- Vanmaele 124 · U.S. census
- Vanneste 322 · U.S. census
- Vanni 734 · U.S. census
- Vannucci 563 · U.S. census
- Vano 462 · U.S. census
- Vanoni 287 · U.S. census
- Vanoverbeke 407 · U.S. census
- Vanoverschelde 104 · U.S. census
- Vanparys 245 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Vannier is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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