The Vaux surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 423 people carried this name — #49,636 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. That is down 1% from 426 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Vaux surname
English, Scottish, and French name, all from placenames in France derived from Old French val (“valley”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Vaux» (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 500 people named Vaux.
6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 57 départements, most often Vaucluse.
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.
Who carried it
People named Vaux,
with a public archive behind them.
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Blaise Vaux of Barnbarroch d. 1482
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Thomas Vaux d. 1482
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George Vaux d. 1570
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Joan Thirning 1344–1438
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Roland Vaux 1359–1412 · politician
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William Vaux 1370–1405
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Vaux.
- Vassor 269 · U.S. census
- Vastine 484 · U.S. census
- Vater 602 · U.S. census
- Vautier 213 · U.S. census
- Vautour 382 · U.S. census
- Vautrin 276 · U.S. census
- Vavasseur 113 · U.S. census
- Vay 376 · U.S. census
- Vaz 2,317 · U.S. census
- Vazquez 138,322 · U.S. census
- Veber 182 · U.S. census
- Vecchi 394 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Vaux is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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