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Early Origins of the Couvreur family

The surname Couvreur was first found in Picardy (French: Picardie.)

Early History of the Couvreur family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Couvreur research. Another 81 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1436, 1437, 1439, 1576, 1811, 1835, 1846, 1857, 1861, 1865 and 1867 are included under the topic Early Couvreur History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Couvreur Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Couvrette, Couvret, Couvreur, Couvreaux, Couvran, Couvrant, Couvrat and many more.

Early Notables of the Couvreur family

Notable amongst the family name at this period was

  • Jean-Charles de Couvrigny, born in 1861, a Jesuit who taught rhetoric at Mont College in Caen at the time when Voltaire passed through this city. Auguste-Alfred Couvreur was a politician in Langres in...
  • Andre Couvreur, an intellectual and sociologist, was born in Seclin (North) in 1865

Couvreur Ranking

In France, the name Couvreur is the 1,251st most popular surname with an estimated 4,495 people with that name. 1

Migration of the Couvreur family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: 70 individuals of the lineage who arrived from France onto Canadian shores between 1600 and 1900. Among these, Victor Couvret married in 1695 in Montreal.


Contemporary Notables of the name Couvreur (post 1700) +

  • Paul Couvreur, author who lived from 1872 to 1898
  • Jessie Catherine Couvreur, Australian novelist


  1. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/


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