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The Gendron surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,537 people carried this name — #7,345 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 64,900 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (4,539).

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 2,311 people named Gendron.

9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 67 départements, most often Vendée.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 9
Vendée 365
Mayenne 249
Loire-Atlantique 241
Ille-et-Vilaine 171
Paris 153
Maine-et-Loire 141
Charente-Maritime 106
Sarthe 105

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

27 people named Gendron live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Vaud 10
Geneva 6
Neuchâtel 5
Jura 3
Valais 3

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

Gendron in American newspapers,
1906–1922.

Newspaper page from The Cairo Bulletin carrying the name Gendron
The Cairo Bulletin 1906-03-03
Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Gendron
New-york Tribune 1906-03-03
Newspaper page from La Prensa carrying the name Gendron
La Prensa 1922-04-09

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,142 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Gendron,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Marcel Gendron
    Marcel Gendron 1879–1941 · businessperson
  • Emma Gendron
    Emma Gendron 1897–1952 · screenwriter
  • Charlotte Marianne Gendron 1694–1769
  • Charlotte Marianne Gendron 1695–1769
  • Pierre-Samuel Gendron 1828–1889 · politician
  • Ferdinand-Ambroise Gendron 1856–1917 · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Gendron.

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