The Voltaire surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 637 people carried this name — #33,735 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 416,700 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 81 people named Voltaire.
4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Guadeloupe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Voltaire.
- Volle 474 · U.S. census
- Vollmar 1,073 · U.S. census
- Vollmer 6,549 · U.S. census
- Volpe 8,028 · U.S. census
- Volpi 748 · U.S. census
- Volta 269 · U.S. census
- Voltz 1,516 · U.S. census
- Volz 5,091 · U.S. census
- Vonarx 376 · U.S. census
- Vong 3,100 · U.S. census
- Vonner 214 · U.S. census
- Voron 109 · U.S. census
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