The Billard surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 448 people carried this name — #47,356 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 666,700 people counted. That is down 12% from 509 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 5,613 people named Billard.
56 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 98 départements, most often Paris.
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
75 people named Billard live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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.
Who carried it
People named Billard,
with a public archive behind them.
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Robert Julien Billard de Veaux 1773–1846 · politician -
Charles-Michel Billard 1800–1832 · physician -
Madame Grassot 1810–1892 · actor -
Claude Billard 1550–1618 · writer
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Pierre Billard 1653–1726 · writer
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Etienne Billard 1730–1808 · surgeon
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Billard.
- Bildstein 235 · U.S. census
- Bile 170 · U.S. census
- Bilger 1,771 · U.S. census
- Bilinski 869 · U.S. census
- Bill 5,246 · U.S. census
- Billa 488 · U.S. census
- Billau 141 · U.S. census
- Bille 492 · U.S. census
- Billeaud 303 · U.S. census
- Biller 3,028 · U.S. census
- Billet 825 · U.S. census
- Billette 106 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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