The Gard surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 4,872 people carried this name — #6,430 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 55,200 people counted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 556 people named Gard.
26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 60 départements, most often Paris.
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
112 people named Gard live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gard.
- Garcelon 232 · U.S. census
- Garces 5,004 · U.S. census
- Garcia 858,289 · U.S. census
- Garcie 259 · U.S. census
- Garcin 145 · U.S. census
- Garcon 422 · U.S. census
- Garda 275 · U.S. census
- Garde 687 · U.S. census
- Gardella 1,904 · U.S. census
- Garden 1,947 · U.S. census
- Gardere 204 · U.S. census
- Gardin 769 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Gard is.
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