The Cochard surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 100 people carried this name — #160,975 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 3,333,300 people counted. That is down 18% from 122 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,530 people named Cochard.
33 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 80 départements, most often Finistère.
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
430 people named Cochard live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 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.
Who carried it
People named Cochard,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean Cochard 1939– · long jumper -
Claude Alexis Cochard 1743–1815 · politician
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Nicolas Cochard 1763–1834 · judge
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Théophile Cochard 1836–1914 · Catholic priest
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Philibert Cochard 1876–1937 · politician
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Thomas Sylvester Cochard 1893– · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cochard.
- Cobos 4,980 · U.S. census
- Coca 2,162 · U.S. census
- Cocagne 121 · U.S. census
- Cocca 628 · U.S. census
- Cocchi 443 · U.S. census
- Cocco 1,515 · U.S. census
- Cocks 663 · U.S. census
- Coco 3,264 · U.S. census
- Cocozza 489 · U.S. census
- Coda 464 · U.S. census
- Coder 1,967 · U.S. census
- Codina 439 · U.S. census
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