The Mallard surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,583 people carried this name — #5,289 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 44,800 people counted. That is up 18% from 5,602 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Mallard surname
Eponymised form of mallard.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Mallard» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,570 people named Mallard.
6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 70 départements, most often Vendée.
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
24 people named Mallard live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 print
Mallard in American newspapers,
1905.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Mallard,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ernest-François Mallard 1833–1894 · university teacher -
Prudent Mallard 1809–1879 · cabinetmaker
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Paul Mallard 1809–1884 · painter
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John Byler Mallard 1820–1854 · judge
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Henri Mallard 1884–1967 · photographer
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Raymond B. Mallard 1908–1979 · judge
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mallard.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Mallard is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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