The Canard surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 440 people carried this name — #48,060 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 666,700 people counted. That is up 3% from 426 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 872 people named Canard.
4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 52 départements, most often 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 38 people named Canard 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 Hainaut.
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.
Who carried it
People named Canard,
with a public archive behind them.
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Nicolas-François Canard 1754–1833 · mathematician
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Jean Canard d. 1407 · Catholic priest
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Henri Canard 1824–1894 · military officer
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Marius Canard 1888–1982 · historian
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Sybil Dorothy Monckton 1916–
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Guy Canard 1932–1999 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Canard.
- Canadas 147 · U.S. census
- Canal 1,135 · U.S. census
- Canale 2,396 · U.S. census
- Canales 24,384 · U.S. census
- Canali 175 · U.S. census
- Canals 395 · U.S. census
- Canas 4,832 · U.S. census
- Canava 189 · U.S. census
- Cancel 3,801 · U.S. census
- Cancellieri 356 · U.S. census
- Canda 379 · U.S. census
- Candel 111 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Canard is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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