How common is the surname Fournier?

14,449 people in the United States had the surname Fournier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,368 Americans. It ranked 2,505th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Fournier?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Fournier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Fournier?

Vernel Fournier, American musician (1928-2000), followed by August Fournier.

Where is the surname Fournier most common?

Wikidata records people named Fournier in the United States and the Austrian Empire.

Is the surname Fournier getting more or less common?

More common. 14,221 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,449 in 2010, up 1.6%.

The surname Fournier

A French surname, carried by 14,449 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex F656

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fournier is more common than 98.5% of them.

Origin

French origin

A surname from French.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 14,449 people named Fournier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 21,368 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 14,221.

#2,505

rank among US surnames

14,449

people in 2010

4.9

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #2,335)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,496	Limon	14,472	21,334
#2,497	Diggs	14,467	21,341
#2,498	Parish	14,466	21,343
#2,499	Luong	14,464	21,346
#2,500	Resendiz	14,457	21,356
#2,501	Echols	14,456	21,358
#2,503	Worthington	14,452	21,364

Who is named Fournier

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

92% of people named Fournier identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.0%
Two or more races 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fourniers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Vernel Fournier
American musician (1928-2000)
August Fournier
Austrian historian and politician (1850-1920)

Notable Fourniers come mostly from the United States (1) and the Austrian Empire (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fournier

Farner

Fournier has the Soundex code F656, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F656.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Fournier come from?: Fournier is French in origin.
How common is the surname Fournier?: 14,449 people in the United States had the surname Fournier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,368 Americans. It ranked 2,505th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fournier?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Fournier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Fournier?: Vernel Fournier, American musician (1928-2000), followed by August Fournier.
Where is the surname Fournier most common?: Wikidata records people named Fournier in the United States and the Austrian Empire.
Is the surname Fournier getting more or less common?: More common. 14,221 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,449 in 2010, up 1.6%.