The Authier Last Name

According to the 2010 US Census, the Authier surname had 445 bearers. That is enough to place it in the top 50,000 American surnames. INSEE counts 3,349 people born in France with the Authier surname between 1891 and 2000; the busiest decade was 1951–1960.

• The meaning of Authier is not given in the reference works we use for these short pages; a full report traces it from your own family's records.
• Here is what public records tell us about the Authier last name.
• Census returns, passenger lists and civil registers are the best places to follow an Authier line back.

Authier coat of arms

Heraldry follows families, not surnames. An Authier coat of arms, where one exists, belonged to a specific line. Want more than a summary? See the Authier family name pack.