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Whereas in Eire gathered on Saturday some 2,000 people bearing the surname Sullivanthe commonest on the North Atlantic island, we questioned which surnames had been probably the most distributed in France. And in response to the specialized site “Genanet” which compiled all of the surnames assigned at delivery in France, between 1891 and the 12 months 2000, the highest 10 consists as follows: Within the lead, the Martins, by far, with 235,791 births. Adopted by the Bernards (95,298), the Moreaus (81,341), the Petits, the Lefebvres, Durand, Dubois, Leroy, Thomas and Robert (63,428).
So, we additionally mentioned to ourselves that illustrating all this with pictures of celebrities with these surnames was probably the most nice solution to current the knowledge to you. Here’s a slideshow between Nolwenn Leroy, Emmanuel Petit and Yolande Moreau.
Star host Jacques Martin singing within the “Quantity One” mission. He’s recognized, amongst different issues, for presenting the present “L’Ecole des followers”. Martin is probably the most assigned surname in France, by far, with 235,791 births.
Alain Bernard, double Olympic swimming champion (2008 and 2012) on the Tech & Fest pageant in Grenoble, France, on February 4, 2026. He shares his final identify with 95,298 different Bernards born between 1891 and the 12 months 2000.
French actress Yolande Moreau poses throughout a photocall for the movie “La Fiance du Poète” in the course of the sixteenth Angoulême French-speaking movie pageant in Angoulême, western France, on August 25, 2023. She shares her final identify with 81,341 different Moreaus born between 1891 and 2000, the third most assigned surname over the interval.
1998 World Cup in France. Emmanuel Petit celebrates his aim which has simply introduced the rating to 2: 1 in opposition to Denmark, within the group stage. He then did it once more within the remaining in opposition to Brazil. Petit is the 4th commonest surname in France, with 80,606 births between 1891 and 2000.
Jean Lefebvre was a French actor and comic, well-known for his comedic roles in cinema and theater, notably within the sequence “Gendarmes” alongside Louis de Funès. He died in 2004. His surname is the fifth commonest in France, with 75,014 births between 1891 and 2000.
French goalkeeper Solène Durand after her defeat within the quarter-final match of the Ladies’s Soccer World Cup in opposition to Australia on August 12, 2023. The positioning “Genanet” counted 70,800 births from Durand, in France, within the twentieth century.
Frenchman Thierry Dubois, skipper of the monohull “Solidaires” upon his arrival on Might 3, 2003 off the coast of Newport. With 69,120 Dubois born between 1891 and 2000, this surname is the seventh most distributed in France.
Nolwenn Leroy, right here pictured in the course of the closing ceremony of the twenty sixth version of RTL-TVi tv’s Televie charity occasion, Saturday, April 26, 2014, in Vilvoorde, Belgium. Leroy is the eighth commonest surname attributed at delivery in France within the twentieth century, with 69,067 occurrences.
Chantal Thomas, ninth commonest surname in France (63,953), poses together with her Christmas tree in the course of the 18th version of “Les Sapins de Noël des Créateurs” on the Salomon de Rothschild lodge on December 3, 2013 in Paris, France.
The French “spiderman” Alain Robert is legendary for having scaled the facades of greater than 150 of probably the most emblematic skyscrapers on the planet, together with the Eiffel Tower, together with his naked arms and with out security tools. tenth commonest surname.
