The Gaudet surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,814 people carried this name — #6,969 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 61,300 people counted. That is up 5% from 4,597 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,493 people named Gaudet.
28 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 74 départements, most often Ain.
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
22 people named Gaudet 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.
In print
Gaudet in American newspapers,
1894–1895.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,945 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Gaudet,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joseph Gaudet 1818–1882 · politician -
Placide Gaudet 1850–1930 · historian -
Charlotte Gaudet 1869–1934 · singer -
Françoise Gaudet-Smet 1902–1986 · journalist -
Jeanne d'Arc Gaudet 1947– · university teacher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 81 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gaudet.
- Gauche 136 · U.S. census
- Gaucher 455 · U.S. census
- Gauci 335 · U.S. census
- Gaud 309 · U.S. census
- Gaude 121 · U.S. census
- Gaudenzi 111 · U.S. census
- Gaudin 1,194 · U.S. census
- Gaudino 594 · U.S. census
- Gaudry 205 · U.S. census
- Gaudy 226 · U.S. census
- Gauer 769 · U.S. census
- Gauger 2,374 · U.S. census
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