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

The Vivier surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 724 people carried this name — #31,873 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 400,000 people counted. That is up 20% from 603 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 4,584 people named Vivier.

65 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 90 départements, most often Paris.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 65
Paris 323
Manche 298
Deux-Sèvres 255
Allier 226
Isère 220
Orne 160
Ille-et-Vilaine 160
Rhône 159

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 343 people named Vivier 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 Río Negro.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Río Negro 135
Buenos Aires Province 91
La Pampa 36
Chubut 34
Neuquén 26
Santa Cruz 21

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

In Belgium’s population register

At least 294 people named Vivier 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.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Hainaut 182
Namur 81
Brussels-Capital 17
Antwerp 8
Liège 6

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

24 people named Vivier live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

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

Where they live today

Vaud 8
Geneva 7
Bern 5
Zurich 4

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 Vivier,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Eugène-Léon Vivier
    Eugène-Léon Vivier 1817–1900 · writer
  • François de Vivier d. 1682 · cartographer
  • Louise Vivier de Courtenay 1697–1750 · actor
  • Louis Élie Vivier 1742–1827 · ship-owner
  • Auguste Vivier de La Pérocherie 1750–1821 · politician
  • Mathias Nicolas Marie Vivier 1788–1859 · medalist

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

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