Gautier is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gautier
No. of characters: 7
Origin: France
Meaning:

A variant of Gauthier. Descendant of Gautier meaning "ruler, army".

How popular is Gautier?

Gautier is common in France, United States, Chad, Dominican Republic, Togo, Belgium, Switzerland, Canada, Morocco, Spain, Germany, England, Argentina, Portugal, Venezuela, Chile, Brazil.

Gautier is ranked 8746 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Gautier bearers increased by 9.15 per cent in 2010 US census to 2505 since 2000, the surname slipped by 6 spots and ranked at 12411. The last name was found in around 8 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 66.51 68.58
Hispanic or Latino 22.36 19.35
Black 8.78 8.76
Others 1.2 2.18
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.6 0.83
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.56 0.31
Gautier is quite popular family name mostly used in France while Saint Pierre and Miquelon is ahead in terms of density. Around 65008 people have been found who wears Gautier as their family name. Gautier is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Gautier:
53 France54,686
Countries with thousands of Gautier:
12,537 United States3,116
1,398 Chad1,252
Countries with hundreds of Gautier:
1,197 Dominican Republic601
3,854 Togo525
3,802 Belgium477
3,092 Switzerland432
10,758 Canada372
17,469 Morocco341
10,461 Spain336
26,770 Germany328
17,152 England286
15,398 Argentina232
2,835 Portugal208
4,584 Venezuela205
4,748 Chile131
61,206 Brazil112
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
1,002 Puerto Rico92
26,551 Netherlands90
92,307 Philippines88
140,446 Thailand79
51,964 South Africa73
7 Saint Pierre and Miquelon72
33,226 Australia65
817 New Caledonia62
9,962 Denmark53
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
22,257 Mexico44
1,442 French Polynesia43
461 Jersey37
15,994 New Zealand34
50,404 Cameroon30
217,805 Russia30
34,120 Austria28
11,898 Ecuador25
1,021 Malta24
96,069 Italy23
4,799 Luxembourg22
145,665 DR Congo21
35,486 Sweden20
844 United States Virgin Islands20
13,856 Singapore17
10,911 Ireland15
78,777 Malaysia15
17,291 Scotland13
5,995 China12
19,471 Estonia12
236 Monaco12
28,015 Peru12
5,568 Guyana11
3,666 Senegal11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
11,823 Haiti10
18,838 Colombia9
11,581 Ghana9
8,246 Tunisia9
4,774 Hong Kong8
97,842 Czechia7
50,907 Norway7
51,993 United Arab Emirates6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Cook Fritz Gautier from Germany aboard the Richard Cobden from Bremen. He is registered to be 27 years old when he arrived in United States on December 13, 1854. Carl Gautier, aged 16, Alphonse Gautier, aged 26, Alphonse Gautier, aged 21, 35 years old Jean-B. Gautier, 29 years old Hyppolite Gautier, Farmer Francois Gautier, Francois Gautier, aged 31, Helene Gautier, Reinhardt Gautier, aged 18, and 35 other Gautier around 37.5% of whom were farmer while others worked as baker and doctor, laborer, merchant, tailor, artist, dressmaker migrated to US.

Gautier Namesakes

  • Léon Gautier, French literary historian
  • Émile-Félix Gautier, French geographer
  • Jean-François Gautier, French writer
  • Théophile Gautier, French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist
  • Dick Gautier, American actor, comedian, singer, and caricaturist
  • Alejandrina Benítez de Gautier, Puerto Rican poet
  • Felisa Rincón de Gautier, first woman to be elected as the Mayor of a capital city
  • François Gautier, French political writer and journalist based
  • Hubert Gautier, French engineer
  • Judith Gautier, French poet and historical novelist

Gautier Namesakes

  • Léon Gautier, French literary historian
  • Émile-Félix Gautier, French geographer
  • Jean-François Gautier, French writer
  • Théophile Gautier, French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist
  • Dick Gautier, American actor, comedian, singer, and caricaturist
  • Alejandrina Benítez de Gautier, Puerto Rican poet
  • Felisa Rincón de Gautier, first woman to be elected as the Mayor of a capital city
  • François Gautier, French political writer and journalist based
  • Hubert Gautier, French engineer
  • Judith Gautier, French poet and historical novelist

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