The Michaud surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 14,408 people carried this name — #2,303 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 18,700 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 10,552 people named Michaud.
218 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 99 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
1,031 people named Michaud live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where 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 print
Michaud in American newspapers,
1871–1935.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 24,043 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Michaud,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean Claude Eléonore de Michaud d'Arçon 1733–1800 · military personnel -
Claude Ignace François Michaud 1751–1835 · military personnel -
Charles François Jean Marie Michaud 1752–1794 · politician -
Jean-Baptiste Michaud 1759–1819 · lawyer -
Joseph-François Michaud 1767–1839 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 227 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Michaud.
- Michalek 2,135 · U.S. census
- Michalik 1,641 · U.S. census
- Michalowski 1,367 · U.S. census
- Michalski 6,866 · U.S. census
- Michas 172 · U.S. census
- Michau 222 · U.S. census
- Michaux 623 · U.S. census
- Miche 109 · U.S. census
- Micheau 382 · U.S. census
- Michel 21,487 · U.S. census
- Michelena 324 · U.S. census
- Michelet 146 · U.S. census
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