Receveur
surname · Latin script
Meaning: receiver, collector
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 8 countries · latest register: BFS, 2024
/ʁə.s(ə).vœʁ/(recorded in a dictionary) French · from Wiktionary
Receveur is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in France.
- FRFrance
- USUnited States
- NLNetherlands
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)receiver, collector
Cited for this meaning 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Antoine-Sylvestre Receveurb. 1750FRFrench catholic priest (1750-1804)
- Louis Receveurb. 1757FRFrench astronomer-priest (1757-1788)
- Tijn Receveurb. 1905NLDutch politician
- Jacky Receveurb. 1949FRFrench association football player (1949-2016)
- Philippe Receveurb. 1963CHSwiss politician
- Caroline Receveurb. 1987FRFrench fashion blogger, television presenter and actress
- Tim Receveurb. 1991NLDutch footballer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)14 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 220 | #85,049 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 214 | #92,231 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 196 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 195 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 194 | #88,825 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 161 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 158 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 144 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 137 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 136 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 125 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 118 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Receveur mean, and where does it come from?
- receiver, collector Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Receveur?
- In French /ʁə.s(ə).vœʁ/ (Wiktionary).
- In which country does Receveur have the most bearers?
- Receveur is most frequently recorded in France.
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About this data
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Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Receveur”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.