Find out how popular the last name Saint-Louis is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Saint-Louis.

Saint-Louis, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Saint-Louis surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Saint-Louis in America

Saint-Louis is the 17896th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Saint-Louis surname appeared 1,562 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Saint-Louis.

We can also compare 2010 data for Saint-Louis to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Saint-Louis

The surname SAINTLOUIS has its origins in France, dating back to the Middle Ages. It is derived from the place name Saint-Louis, which itself is a combination of the French words "saint" meaning "holy" and "Louis," a name of Germanic origin meaning "renowned warrior."

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname SAINTLOUIS can be found in the "Livre des Bourgeois de Rouen" (Book of Burgesses of Rouen), a 14th-century manuscript listing the names of citizens in the French city of Rouen. This suggests that the name may have originated in the Normandy region of France.

During the 17th century, the name SAINTLOUIS appeared in records related to the establishment of the French colony of Saint-Louis (now modern-day St. Louis, Missouri, in the United States). Jacques de Saint-Loup, a French explorer and soldier, was granted a land concession in the area in 1763 and is considered one of the founders of the city.

In the 18th century, the French navigator and explorer Louis-Antoine de Bougainville (1729-1811) gave the name Saint-Louis to an island in the Indian Ocean, which is now part of the French territory of Réunion. This further solidified the association of the name with French exploration and colonization.

Notable individuals bearing the surname SAINTLOUIS throughout history include:

1. Jacques de Saint-Loup (c. 1720-1779), a French soldier and one of the founders of St. Louis, Missouri.
2. Louis-Antoine de Bougainville (1729-1811), a French navigator and explorer who named Saint-Louis Island in the Indian Ocean.
3. Louis-François de Saint-Louis (1776-1846), a French military officer and author who served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
4. Edmond de Saint-Louis (1832-1909), a French lawyer and politician who served as a member of the National Assembly.
5. Maurice de Saint-Louis (1875-1945), a French writer and poet associated with the Symbolist movement.

The surname SAINTLOUIS has a rich history deeply intertwined with French exploration, colonization, and cultural influences, spanning from the Middle Ages to the modern era.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Saint-Louis

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Saint-Louis.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Saint-Louis was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Saint-Louis has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Saint-Louis was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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