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The Xavier surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,367 people carried this name — #9,638 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 87,700 people counted. That is up 48% from 2,268 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Xavier surname

A surname transferred from the given name.

From the toponymic surname of a Spanish saint, from Basque Xabier.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Xavier» (Portuguese), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 739 people named Xavier.

131 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 66 départements, most often La Réunion.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 131
La Réunion 107
Aisne 63
Martinique 52
Ardèche 45
Paris 31
Gard 17
Gironde 14
Loir-et-Cher 14

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 417 people named Xavier 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 195
City of Buenos Aires 86
Entre Ríos 37
Mendoza 34
Misiones 32
Santa Fe 23
Corrientes 10

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

349 people named Xavier live in Switzerland.

They live in 20 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 79
Zurich 60
Geneva 37
Fribourg 24
Valais 23
Ticino 20
Bern 18
Aargau 15

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

37 people named Xavier is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 37

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

Xavier in American newspapers,
1893–1962.

Newspaper page from The Hawaiian Star carrying the name Xavier
The Hawaiian Star 1893-08-04
Newspaper page from Eagle River Review carrying the name Xavier
Eagle River Review 1901-03-21
Newspaper page from The Caucasian carrying the name Xavier
The Caucasian 1912-12-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 100,231 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Xavier,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Tomás Xavier de Lima Teles da Silva, 1st Marquis of Ponte de Lima
    Tomás Xavier de Lima Teles da Silva, 1st Marquis of Ponte de Lima 1727–1800 · politician
  • Cândido José Xavier Dias da Silva
    Cândido José Xavier Dias da Silva 1769–1833 · politician
  • Olivier Sarony
    Olivier Sarony 1820–1879 · photographer
  • Faustino Xavier de Novaes
    Faustino Xavier de Novaes 1820–1869 · poet
  • Carolina Augusta Xavier de Novais
    Carolina Augusta Xavier de Novais 1835–1904

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 149 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Xavier.

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