The Guignard surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 401 people carried this name — #51,830 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. That is up 15% from 349 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 4,175 people named Guignard.
45 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 89 départements, most often Deux-Sèvres.
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
1,026 people named Guignard live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 64 people named Guignard 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 Córdoba.
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 Guignard,
with a public archive behind them.
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Clairval 1735–1797 · actor -
François-Emmanuel Guignard, 1st Count of Saint-Priest 1735–1821 · politician -
Emmanuel Louis Marie Guignard de Saint-Priest, 1st Duke of Almazán de Saint-Priest 1789–1881 · military personnel -
Pierre Guignard d. 1676
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René Guignard 1630–1690 · book printer
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Joannis Guigard 1815–1892 · library curator
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Guignard.
- Guidici 157 · U.S. census
- Guido 7,068 · U.S. census
- Guidon 101 · U.S. census
- Guidone 422 · U.S. census
- Guidotti 764 · U.S. census
- Guiducci 117 · U.S. census
- Guijarro 981 · U.S. census
- Guilbault 904 · U.S. census
- Guilbeau 1,637 · U.S. census
- Guilbert 638 · U.S. census
- Guile 680 · U.S. census
- Guilherme 155 · U.S. census
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