The Godard surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 987 people carried this name — #25,136 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 303,000 people counted. That is up 4% from 946 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 7,325 people named Godard.
92 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 91 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 233 people named Godard live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
50 people named Godard 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
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 24 people named Godard 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Godard,
with a public archive behind them.
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Claude Godard d'Aucour de Saint-Just 1769–1826 · librettist -
Hippolyte Godard-Desmarest 1796–1867 · politician -
Charles Godard d'Aucour de Plancy 1809–1890 · politician -
Amédée Godard d. 1896 · composer
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Amédée Godard d. 1894 · composer
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John Godard 1350– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Godard.
- Gobbi 396 · U.S. census
- Gobbo 227 · U.S. census
- Gobel 1,741 · U.S. census
- Gobert 1,827 · U.S. census
- Gobin 1,765 · U.S. census
- Godar 460 · U.S. census
- Godat 270 · U.S. census
- Goddard 15,599 · U.S. census
- Gode 265 · U.S. census
- Godec 221 · U.S. census
- Godel 246 · U.S. census
- Godfroy 264 · U.S. census
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