How common is the surname Picard?

7,898 people in the United States had the surname Picard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,092 Americans. It ranked 4,491st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Picard?

In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Picard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Picard?

Rosalind Picard, American computer scientist, followed by Edmond Picard.

Where is the surname Picard most common?

Wikidata records people named Picard in the United States and Belgium.

How do you pronounce Picard?

Picard is /ˈpɪkɑːrd/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Picard getting more or less common?

More common. 7,679 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,898 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Picard

A French surname, carried by 7,898 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈpɪkɑːrd/ 2 syllables Soundex P263

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Picard is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

French origin

From Picardy, region of northern France.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,898 people named Picard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,092 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,679.

#4,491

rank among US surnames

7,898

people in 2010

2.7

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #4,271)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,486	Mancilla	7,908	39,042
#4,487	Thibodeau	7,904	39,062
#4,489	Eaves	7,902	39,072
#4,491	Picard	7,898	39,092

Who is named Picard

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

88% of people named Picard identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.2%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Picards

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rosalind Picard
American computer scientist, born 1962
Edmond Picard
Belgian jurist, writer (1836–1924)
Geoffrey Picard
American rower (1943-2022)
Michelle Picard
American ice hockey player, born 1993
Henry Gilford Picard
American golfer, 1906–1997

Notable Picards come mostly from the United States (4) and Belgium (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Picard

Picard has the Soundex code P263, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P263.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Picard come from?: From Picardy, region of northern France.
How common is the surname Picard?: 7,898 people in the United States had the surname Picard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,092 Americans. It ranked 4,491st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Picard?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Picard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Picard?: Rosalind Picard, American computer scientist, followed by Edmond Picard.
Where is the surname Picard most common?: Wikidata records people named Picard in the United States and Belgium.
How do you pronounce Picard?: Picard is /ˈpɪkɑːrd/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Picard getting more or less common?: More common. 7,679 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,898 in 2010, up 2.9%.