The Gourd surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 506 people carried this name — #42,790 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 588,200 people counted. That is up 7% from 474 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 150 people named Gourd.
1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Gourd in American newspapers,
1905–1917.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 46,329 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Gourd,
with a public archive behind them.
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Antoine Gourd 1789–1878 · politician
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Alphonse Gourd 1850–1925 · politician -
Jean-Jacques Gourd 1850–1909 · pastor -
Jean-Jacques Gourd 1850–1909 · pastor
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Émilie Gourd 1879–1946 · journalist -
David Gourd 1885–1982 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gourd.
- Gouin 1,365 · U.S. census
- Goulas 317 · U.S. census
- Goulet 5,637 · U.S. census
- Goulette 1,398 · U.S. census
- Goupil 440 · U.S. census
- Gour 293 · U.S. census
- Gourde 205 · U.S. census
- Gourdet 341 · U.S. census
- Gourdin 324 · U.S. census
- Goure 114 · U.S. census
- Gourgues 156 · U.S. census
- Gourlay 682 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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