The Tardy surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,823 people carried this name — #15,938 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 161,300 people counted. That is up 22% from 1,499 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 4,409 people named Tardy.
73 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 85 départements, most often Loire.
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
231 people named Tardy live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 23 people named Tardy 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 San Juan.
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 Tardy,
with a public archive behind them.
-
Louis-Marie-François Tardy de Montravel 1811–1864 · Officer of the French Navy -
Placido Tardy 1816–1914 · physicist -
James Tardy d. 1835 · naturalist
-
Lucretia Tardy d. 1850
-
James Tardy d. 1835
-
Moses Tardy 1759–1837 · parson
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Tardy.
- Tarasco 103 · U.S. census
- Taravella 526 · U.S. census
- Tarby 310 · U.S. census
- Tard 131 · U.S. census
- Tardi 197 · U.S. census
- Tardif 1,923 · U.S. census
- Tari 223 · U.S. census
- Tarin 4,524 · U.S. census
- Taris 115 · U.S. census
- Tarnowski 1,625 · U.S. census
- Taro 180 · U.S. census
- Taron 163 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Tardy 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.