The Vernier surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,213 people carried this name — #20,367 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 222,200 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,758 people named Vernier.
75 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 88 départements, most often Doubs.
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
244 people named Vernier live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Jura.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 34 people named Vernier 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 Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Vernier.
- Verna 1,310 · U.S. census
- Verne 516 · U.S. census
- Verner 2,785 · U.S. census
- Vernet 452 · U.S. census
- Vernetti 268 · U.S. census
- Verney 292 · U.S. census
- Vernon 17,267 · U.S. census
- Vernot 114 · U.S. census
- Vernoy 194 · U.S. census
- Vero 383 · U.S. census
- Veron 535 · U.S. census
- Verona 448 · U.S. census
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