Chardon surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Chardon surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 258 people carried this name — #74,826 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is up 12% from 231 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 3,153 people named Chardon.

40 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 89 départements, most often Paris.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 40
Paris 255
Loire 187
Rhône 187
Haute-Savoie 187
Isère 170
Maine-et-Loire 153
Puy-de-Dôme 118
Orne 111

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 141 people named Chardon 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 Namur.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Namur 71
Hainaut 48
Brussels-Capital 11
Liège 11

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

107 people named Chardon live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 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

Vaud 45
Valais 29
Geneva 17
Neuchâtel 12
Appenzell Ausserrhoden 4

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 27 people named Chardon 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

Buenos Aires Province 17
City of Buenos Aires 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Chardon,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John Chardon 1548–1601 · Anglican priest
  • Jean-Baptiste Chardon 1671–1743 · missionary
  • Mathias Chardon 1695–1771 · professor
  • Etienne Chardon de Courcelles 1705–1775 · physician
  • Daniel-Marc-Antoine Chardon 1731–1802 · magistrate
  • Simon Chardon de La Rochette 1753–1814 · bibliographer

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Chardon.

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