The Vernet surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 609 people carried this name — #36,695 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is up 35% from 452 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 4,702 people named Vernet.
80 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 95 départements, most often Ardèche.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 245 people named Vernet live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
108 people named Vernet live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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 Vernet,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jacob Vernet 1698–1789 · writer -
Joseph Vernet 1714–1789 · painter -
Carle Vernet 1758–1836 · painter -
Marguerite Émilie Chalgrin 1760–1794 · painter -
John Vernet 1764–1827 -
Antoine Vernet 1689–1753 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Vernet.
- Vermeulen 1,781 · U.S. census
- Vermont 175 · U.S. census
- Vern 103 · U.S. census
- Verna 1,333 · U.S. census
- Verne 465 · U.S. census
- Verner 3,099 · U.S. census
- Vernetti 277 · U.S. census
- Verney 212 · U.S. census
- Vernier 968 · U.S. census
- Vernon 17,480 · U.S. census
- Vernot 126 · U.S. census
- Vernoy 237 · U.S. census
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