The Erard surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 201 people carried this name — #91,625 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is up 12% from 180 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 980 people named Erard.
28 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 73 départements, most often Meuse.
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
744 people named Erard live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Jura.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 111 people named Erard 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 Santa Fe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 23 people named Erard 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 West Flanders.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Erard.
- Entzminger 542 · U.S. census
- Eon 124 · U.S. census
- Ephrem 436 · U.S. census
- Epp 2,127 · U.S. census
- Eppinger 1,126 · U.S. census
- Epstein 12,952 · U.S. census
- Erb 9,060 · U.S. census
- Erba 167 · U.S. census
- Erbland 199 · U.S. census
- Erbs 206 · U.S. census
- Ercolani 342 · U.S. census
- Ercole 380 · U.S. census
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