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The Pillard surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 444 people carried this name — #47,706 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 666,700 people counted. That is down 9% from 488 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,222 people named Pillard.

24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 67 départements, most often Paris.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 24
Paris 138
Ain 82
Haute-Marne 70
Saône-et-Loire 62
Jura 50
Rhône 49
Loiret 46
Marne 39

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

55 people named Pillard live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Vaud 28
Zurich 8
Geneva 7
Fribourg 5
Aargau 4
Neuchâtel 3

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

Pillard in American newspapers,
1919–1921.

Newspaper page from Indiana Daily Times carrying the name Pillard
Indiana Daily Times 1921-02-26
Newspaper page from The Daily Ardmoreite carrying the name Pillard
The Daily Ardmoreite 1921-04-01
Newspaper page from Omaha Daily Bee carrying the name Pillard
Omaha Daily Bee 1919-12-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,980 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Pillard,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Nina Pillard
    Nina Pillard 1961– · judge
  • Maurice Pillard Verneuil 1869–1942 · illustrator
  • Marcel Pillard 1895–1985 · engineer
  • Charles H. Pillard 1918–1999 · trade unionist
  • Richard Pillard 1933– · psychiatrist
  • Joël Pillard 1933–1986 · association football player

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Pillard.

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