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The Picard surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,898 people carried this name — #4,491 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 37,300 people counted. That is up 3% from 7,679 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Picard surname

A common French surname transferred from the place name, for a resident or native of Picardy.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Picard» (French), 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 16,931 people named Picard.

206 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 104 départements, most often Paris.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 206
Paris 1,677
Seine-Maritime 1,286
La Réunion 725
Saône-et-Loire 609
Loiret 492
Finistère 459
Eure 409
Yvelines 408

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 650 people named Picard 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 Luxembourg Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Luxembourg Province 244
Hainaut 87
Brussels-Capital 70
Liège 67
Limburg 52
Namur 45
Antwerp 33
Flemish Brabant 22

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

350 people named Picard live in Switzerland.

They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 108
Geneva 47
Fribourg 39
Bern 36
Neuchâtel 35
Zurich 27
Valais 22
Aargau 15

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 194 people named Picard 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 Santa Fe.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Santa Fe 112
Buenos Aires Province 35
City of Buenos Aires 21
Mendoza 14
Córdoba 12

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Picard in American newspapers,
1896–1924.

Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Herald carrying the name Picard
The Salt Lake Herald 1896-06-14
Newspaper page from The St. Louis Republic carrying the name Picard
The St. Louis Republic 1904-09-18
Newspaper page from The Saratoga Sun carrying the name Picard
The Saratoga Sun 1912-04-04

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 32,579 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Picard,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jean Picard
    Jean Picard 1620–1682 · astronomer
  • Louis-Benoît Picard
    Louis-Benoît Picard 1769–1828 · actor
  • Adolphe Picard
    Adolphe Picard 1819–1879
  • Ernest Picard
    Ernest Picard 1821–1877 · lawyer
  • Arsène Picard
    Arsène Picard 1831–1899 · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 178 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Picard.

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