Victor surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Victor surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,234 people carried this name — #3,214 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 26,200 people counted. That is up 12% from 10,015 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,732 people named Victor.

120 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 89 départements, most often Paris.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 120
Paris 177
Calvados 131
Nord 69
Orne 55
Martinique 51
Somme 48
Pas-de-Calais 47
Manche 44

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 557 people named Victor 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 190
Santa Fe 88
Formosa 68
Salta 48
Chaco 44
Tucumán 40
Entre Ríos 32
Córdoba 31

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 369 people named Victor 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 West Flanders.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

West Flanders 205
East Flanders 59
Antwerp 32
Brussels-Capital 28
Liège 19
Hainaut 17
Flemish Brabant 9

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

92 people named Victor live in Switzerland.

They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 22
Bern 15
Vaud 14
Geneva 9
Fribourg 7
Jura 7
Valais 6
Aargau 5

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.

In the Nordic population registers

146 people named Victor is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 146

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Victor in American newspapers,
1922–1929.

Newspaper page from Le Messager carrying the name Victor
Le Messager 1929-12-11
Newspaper page from The Ronan Pioneer carrying the name Victor
The Ronan Pioneer 1927-12-15
Newspaper page from Oxford Eagle carrying the name Victor
Oxford Eagle 1922-03-09

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,635,367 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Victor,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Abel Niepce de Saint-Victor
    Abel Niepce de Saint-Victor 1805–1870 · photographer
  • Frances Fuller Victor
    Frances Fuller Victor 1826–1902 · writer
  • Lucien Victor-Meunier
    Lucien Victor-Meunier 1857–1930 · writer
  • Jacomo Victor d. 1670 · painter
  • Benjamin Victor d. 1778 · historian
  • Alonso Víctor de Paredes 1616– · printer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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