The Jaccard surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 151 people carried this name — #115,639 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is down 11% from 170 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,075 people named Jaccard 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 123 people named Jaccard.
34 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Lot-et-Garonne.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 36 people named Jaccard 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 Jaccard,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jacques Jaccard 1886–1960 · screenwriter -
François Jaccard 1799–1838 · missionary
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Gustave Jaccard 1809–1881 · lawyer
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Auguste Jaccard 1833–1895 · professor
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René Jaccard 1835– · stomatologist
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Henri Jaccard 1844–1922 · university teacher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Jaccard.
- Jaafar 453 · U.S. census
- Jabbour 847 · U.S. census
- Jaber 2,601 · U.S. census
- Jabin 141 · U.S. census
- Jablonski 7,469 · U.S. census
- Jabri 251 · U.S. census
- Jach 237 · U.S. census
- Jacinto 6,238 · U.S. census
- Jack 15,256 · U.S. census
- Jackel 463 · U.S. census
- Jackowski 1,422 · U.S. census
- Jackson 708,099 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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