The Maillard surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 362 people carried this name — #53,556 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 12,179 people named Maillard.
131 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 97 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
2,109 people named Maillard live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Fribourg.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 282 people named Maillard 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 Hainaut.
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 print
Maillard in American newspapers,
1889–1936.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,370 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Maillard,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean Maillard 1515–1570 · composer -
Paul Desforges-Maillard 1699–1772 · writer -
Thomas Maillard 1700–1718 · goldsmith -
Monica Maillard de Tournan 1725– · aristocrat -
Stanislas-Marie Maillard 1763–1794 · court bailiff
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 186 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Maillard.
- Mai 12,027 · U.S. census
- Maia 662 · U.S. census
- Maida 1,853 · U.S. census
- Maier 13,929 · U.S. census
- Maignan 316 · U.S. census
- Mailhot 1,075 · U.S. census
- Maille 510 · U.S. census
- Maillet 1,473 · U.S. census
- Mailliard 258 · U.S. census
- Maillie 112 · U.S. census
- Mailloux 2,022 · U.S. census
- Mailly 177 · U.S. census
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