The Fourcade surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 152 people carried this name — #115,034 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is down 6% from 162 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 3,790 people named Fourcade.
68 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 82 départements, most often Hautes-Pyrénées.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 797 people named Fourcade 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
28 people named Fourcade live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 Fourcade,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jacques-Marie Fourcade 1779–1862 · politician -
Charles Fourcade 1848– · politician -
Jules Fourcade 1848–1922 · balloonist -
Manuel Fourcade 1862–1943 · lawyer -
Henri Fourcade d. 1860 · consul
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André Fourcade d. 1946 · police officer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Fourcade.
- Fouche 1,147 · U.S. census
- Foucher 412 · U.S. census
- Fougere 521 · U.S. census
- Fougerousse 291 · U.S. census
- Foulon 125 · U.S. census
- Fouquet 325 · U.S. census
- Fourie 316 · U.S. census
- Fournerat 114 · U.S. census
- Fournet 450 · U.S. census
- Fourney 209 · U.S. census
- Fournie 168 · U.S. census
- Fournier 14,449 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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