Fournier is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Fournier
No. of characters: 8
Origin: France
Meaning:

Fournier is the variant form of Fourner. In French means a baker or furnace-man.

The lastname Fournier is the variant of Forney. Descendant of Forni meaning "ancient one".

Lastname Fournier is variant form of Fernald. The worker in iron, or one who dealt in iron, a diminutive form.

One who baked bread, a baker.

How popular is Fournier?

Fournier is common in France, Canada, United States, Switzerland, Belgium, Argentina, Morocco, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Spain, Germany, Cuba, Brazil, England, French Polynesia, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Thailand, New Caledonia, Peru.

Fournier is ranked 3749 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Fournier bearers increased by 1.6 per cent in 2010 US census to 14449 since 2000, the surname slipped by 170 spots and ranked at 2505. The last name was found in around 5 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.94 93.81
Hispanic or Latino 4.96 3.35
Others 1.23 1.12
Black 0.78 0.78
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.57 0.46
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.53 0.49
Fournier is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in France which signifies its France provenence. Around 149907 people have been found who wears Fournier as their family name. Fournier is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Fournier:
18 France87,218
66 Canada34,299
2,371 United States19,202
Countries with thousands of Fournier:
363 Switzerland2,842
Countries with hundreds of Fournier:
1,984 Belgium874
4,277 Argentina844
13,257 Morocco443
7,109 Mexico380
1,731 Dominican Republic362
10,284 Spain343
28,196 Germany305
1,850 Cuba275
30,020 Brazil258
18,690 England251
153 French Polynesia239
748 Costa Rica219
746 Puerto Rico164
81,315 Thailand152
154 New Caledonia146
10,128 Peru132
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,195 Portugal94
60,909 Italy84
30,993 Australia72
11,384 New Zealand58
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,978 Chile49
121,847 Philippines48
41,894 Netherlands43
6,278 Singapore39
27,245 Austria38
837 Malta30
11,265 Ecuador29
9,829 Burkina Faso19
10,344 Lebanon18
6,003 Panama18
39,827 Sweden18
10,207 Ireland16
1,526 Guam16
13,003 Wales15
24,061 United Arab Emirates14
5,530 China13
18,914 Uruguay13
126,214 Poland11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
34,222 Denmark10
39,352 Ivory Coast10
5,469 Bahrain9
121,952 Malaysia9
21,724 Scotland9
8,246 Tunisia9
4,774 Hong Kong8
436,635 Russia8
786,157 India7
668 Monaco7
8,537 Mauritius6
189,736 South Africa6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Doctor of medicine Louis Fournier from France aboard the Jean Key from Amsterdam. He is registered to be 36 years old when he arrived in USA on July 12, 1850. Philipp Fournier, aged 19, 22 years old Charles Fournier, 31 years old Pierre Fournier, 32 years old Jean Fournier, Andre-Louise Fournier, aged 23, Theodore-Sixte Fournier, aged 31, Farmer Francois Fournier, Jeannie.Marie Fournier (41) Farmer, and 69 other Fournier majority of whom were farmer and others worked as laborer and servant, gentleman, engineer, professor, weaver, lawyer, teacher, clerk, priest migrated to US from Havana, Havre and Hamburg & Southampton.

Fournier Namesakes

  • Georges Fournier, French astronomer
  • Pierre Fournier, French cellist
  • Pierre Simon Fournier, French mid-18th century punch-cutter
  • Alain Fournier, computer graphics researcher
  • Vernel Fournier, American jazz drummer probably best
  • Ghislain Fournier, member of the House of Commons of Canada
  • Guy Fournier, Quebec author, playwright, and screenwriter
  • Jean Alfred Fournier, French dermatologist
  • Michel Fournier, French cinematographer
  • Christophe Fournier, Dr
  • Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier, served as President of Costa Rica
  • Sarto Fournier, Canadian politician
  • Jean-Marc Fournier, Quebec politician and a lawyer
  • Télesphore Fournier, Canadian politician, lawyer
  • Jack Fournier, American professional baseball first baseman and outfielder
  • Sébastien Fournier, Swiss football manager, most recently for FC Sion
  • Alphonse Fournier, Canadian politician
  • Jean-Claude Fournier, French cartoonist best known as the comic book artist
  • Stephen Fournier, Canadian politician,
  • Laurent Fournier, former French professional footballer and current manager
  • Hubert Fournier, French football manager

Fournier Namesakes

  • Georges Fournier, French astronomer
  • Pierre Fournier, French cellist
  • Pierre Simon Fournier, French mid-18th century punch-cutter
  • Alain Fournier, computer graphics researcher
  • Vernel Fournier, American jazz drummer probably best
  • Ghislain Fournier, member of the House of Commons of Canada
  • Guy Fournier, Quebec author, playwright, and screenwriter
  • Jean Alfred Fournier, French dermatologist
  • Michel Fournier, French cinematographer
  • Christophe Fournier, Dr
  • Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier, served as President of Costa Rica
  • Sarto Fournier, Canadian politician
  • Jean-Marc Fournier, Quebec politician and a lawyer
  • Télesphore Fournier, Canadian politician, lawyer
  • Jack Fournier, American professional baseball first baseman and outfielder
  • Sébastien Fournier, Swiss football manager, most recently for FC Sion
  • Alphonse Fournier, Canadian politician
  • Jean-Claude Fournier, French cartoonist best known as the comic book artist
  • Stephen Fournier, Canadian politician,
  • Laurent Fournier, former French professional footballer and current manager
  • Hubert Fournier, French football manager

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