The Polard surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 118 people carried this name — #132,259 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 443 people named Polard.
6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 départements, most often Finistère.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 39 people named Polard 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 Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Polard,
with a public archive behind them.
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Maurice Polard 1932–2022 · writer
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Pierre Polard 1971– · politician
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Polard.
- Poisson 1,822 · U.S. census
- Poitier 526 · U.S. census
- Pokorski 492 · U.S. census
- Pol 1,312 · U.S. census
- Polack 643 · U.S. census
- Polak 3,313 · U.S. census
- Polat 123 · U.S. census
- Poles 483 · U.S. census
- Polese 188 · U.S. census
- Polette 120 · U.S. census
- Poletti 673 · U.S. census
- Poletto 181 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Polard is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.