The Reynaud surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 817 people carried this name — #29,041 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 357,100 people counted. That is up 16% from 703 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Reynaud surname
A surname from Occitan.
Borrowed from Occitan [Term?].
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Reynaud» (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 10,211 people named Reynaud.
215 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 97 départements, most often Ardèche.
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
361 people named Reynaud live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Fribourg.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 95 people named Reynaud 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 Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Reynaud,
with a public archive behind them.
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Antoine André Louis Reynaud 1771–1844 · mathematician -
Hilaire Benoît Reynaud 1772–1855 · military personnel -
Leonce Reynaud 1803–1880 · architect -
Leonce Reynaud 1803–1880 · architect -
Jean-Baptiste Auguste Reynaud de Savournin 1744–1804 · military officer
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Nicolas Reynaud 1771–1828 · military officer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Reynaud.
- Rey 8,074 · U.S. census
- Reyes 327,904 · U.S. census
- Reymann 259 · U.S. census
- Reymond 214 · U.S. census
- Reynaert 113 · U.S. census
- Reynard 1,050 · U.S. census
- Reynes 199 · U.S. census
- Reynolds 200,247 · U.S. census
- Rezzonico 156 · U.S. census
- Rhein 1,871 · U.S. census
- Rhode 3,523 · U.S. census
- Rhodes 90,670 · U.S. census
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