The Gaud surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 271 people carried this name — #67,936 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 750 people named Gaud.

24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 66 départements, most often Vienne.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 24

Vienne 89

Haute-Savoie 68

Paris 53

Var 37

Bouches-du-Rhône 31

Vaucluse 30

Indre 28

Ain 28

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

141 people named Gaud live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 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

Geneva 78

Vaud 30

Neuchâtel 14

Fribourg 13

St. Gallen 3

Valais 3

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.

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