The Bovard surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 783 people carried this name — #29,986 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 370,400 people counted. That is down 8% from 847 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
318 people named Bovard 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 76 people named Bovard.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Haute-Savoie.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Bovard,
with a public archive behind them.
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George F. Bovard 1856–1932
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William Sherman Bovard 1864–1936 · writer
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Fortuné Bovard 1875–1947 · painter
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René Bovard 1900–1983 · journalist
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Yvonne Bovard 1902–1984 · musician
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Alan Bovard 1906–1983 · basketball coach
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bovard.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Bovard is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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