Savoy
surname · Latin script
Meaning: A historical region shared between the modern countries of France, Italy and Switzerland
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/səvɔɪ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Savoy is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 43K(measured from records)
- CACanada≈1 in 45K
- DZAlgeria≈1 in 6.9K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 355 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 6.9K (inferred from the name graph)
≈38,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Algeria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A historical region shared between the modern countries of France, Italy and Switzerland.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Savoy counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈38,000 est. | ≈1 in 37K | — | Savoy | 4 |
| US United States | — | 7,649 | 1 in 43K | 7.6K | Savoy | 355 |
| DZ Algeria | #234 | ≈6,300 est. | ≈1 in 6.9K | — | Savoy | 1 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈850 est. | ≈1 in 45K | — | Savoy | 102 |
| IN India | — | ≈800 est. | ≈1 in 1.7M | 9 | Savoy | 8 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 675 | 1 in 12K | 675 | Savoy | 28 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); the in-instate-surnames-bystate register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Savoy is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, theatre, street, London, England;
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, anglicization of Savoie; Alps,
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, mtn. range
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Maria Luisa of Savoyb. 1688ESQueen consort of Spain (1688-1714)
- Humbert Ib. 1844ITnot in their usual nameking of Italy (1844-1900)
- Giovanna of Savoyb. 1907ITBulgarian and Italian Royal
- Gene Savoyb. 1927USAmerican explorer and theologian (1927–2007)
- Ann Savoyb. 1952USAmerican musician, author, and record producer
- Guy Savoyb. 1953FRFrench chef
- Teresa Ann Savoyb. 1955GBBritish-born actress (1955-2017)
- Suzanne Savoyb. 1955USAmerican actress
- Lauren Savoyb. 1968USAmerican musician
- Bénédicte Savoyb. 1972FRFrench art historian and university teacher
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)
Attested in 26 sources across 16 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 7.6K | #4,638 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 7.4K | #4,652 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 7.3K | #4,464 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 675 | #1,867 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 9 | #2,917 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- 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 Savoy mean, and where does it come from?
- A historical region shared between the modern countries of France, Italy and Switzerland. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Savoy?
- A machine transcription gives /səvɔɪ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Savoy have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 38 thousand people named Savoy in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled savoy.
- How common is the name Savoy?
- In the United States, the national register counted 7,649 people named Savoy in 2010, about 1 in 43 thousand residents.
- How common is Savoy compared with other names?
- In Algeria, Savoy is the 234th most common surname of 89,473 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/savoyThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
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.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Savoy” — the 234th most common surname in Algeria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.