The Arnaud surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,402 people carried this name — #19,306 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 208,300 people counted. That is up 11% from 1,263 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 19,868 people named Arnaud.
474 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 106 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
206 people named Arnaud live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 122 people named Arnaud live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Arnaud in American newspapers,
1886–1916.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 12,819 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Arnaud,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pierre Arnaud 1250–1306 · Catholic priest -
Henri Arnaud 1643–1721 · pastor -
François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d'Arnaud 1718–1805 · writer -
François Arnaud 1721–1784 · writer -
Jean Baptiste Arnaud 1754–1823 · military officer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 178 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Arnaud.
- Armengol 267 · U.S. census
- Armet 158 · U.S. census
- Armetta 438 · U.S. census
- Armstrong 135,044 · U.S. census
- Arnal 364 · U.S. census
- Arnau 395 · U.S. census
- Arnaudo 111 · U.S. census
- Arnault 117 · U.S. census
- Arnaut 184 · U.S. census
- Arndt 14,031 · U.S. census
- Arne 611 · U.S. census
- Arnette 2,544 · U.S. census
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