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

Visage, 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 Visage surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Visage in America

Visage is the 65782nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Visage surname appeared 301 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Visage.

We can also compare 2010 data for Visage 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 Visage

The surname VISAGE originates from France and is believed to have emerged in the late 12th or early 13th century. It is derived from the Old French word "visage," meaning face or countenance. The name likely referred to a person with a distinctive facial feature or countenance.

One of the earliest known references to the name VISAGE can be found in a document from the Normandy region of France, dated around 1220, which mentions a Guillame Visage. Another early record from 1275 lists a Pierre Visage in the records of the city of Paris.

During the Middle Ages, the VISAGE surname was relatively uncommon, but it appeared sporadically in various regions of northern France, including Normandy, Picardy, and Île-de-France. The name was sometimes spelled as "Visaige" or "Vysage" in these early records.

In the 14th century, a notable figure named Jean Visage (c. 1320-1392) was a prominent merchant and landowner in the city of Rouen. His descendants continued to use the VISAGE surname in the region for several generations.

Another notable bearer of the VISAGE name was Guillaume Visage (c. 1450-1517), a French scholar and theologian who served as the rector of the University of Paris in the late 15th century.

During the Renaissance period, the VISAGE surname began to spread more widely throughout France and into other parts of Europe. In the 16th century, a French explorer named Jacques Visage (c. 1530-1598) is recorded as having accompanied expeditions to the Americas and helped establish early French settlements in present-day Canada.

In the 17th century, a French noblewoman named Marie-Thérèse Visage (1648-1718) gained notoriety as a wealthy heiress and patron of the arts, known for her lavish parties and support of writers and artists in Paris.

By the 18th and 19th centuries, the VISAGE surname had become more widely distributed across France and could be found in various regions and social classes. Notable figures from this period include the French writer and philosopher François-Henri Visage (1776-1842) and the artist Marie-Élisabeth Visage (1809-1879), known for her portraits and landscape paintings.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Visage

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Visage.

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 Visage 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 Visage 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 Visage was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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