The Bayard surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,556 people carried this name — #17,958 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 188,700 people counted. That is up 5% from 1,486 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,293 people named Bayard.
55 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 85 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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
638 people named Bayard live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 108 people named Bayard live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
103 people named Bayard is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Bayard,
with a public archive behind them.
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Anna Maria Bayard Jay 1670–1756 -
John Bubenheim Bayard 1738–1807 · judge -
William Bayard Jr. 1761–1826 · banker -
Catherine Bayard d. 1853
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Nicholas Bayard 1644–1707 · politician
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Stephen Bayard 1700–1757 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bayard.
When the index is not enough
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