# Renard (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/renard/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,269 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,431 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 136,071 people |
| Change since 2000 | +16% (1,949 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from French renard (“fox”), or from Old French Renart.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Renard in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 82% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Renard in Belgium.

## People named Renard

- André Renard, Belgian activist (1911-1962)
- Alphonse François Renard, Belgian geologist, petrographer (1842–1903)
- Olivier Renard, Belgian footballer

## Similar surnames

Reynard, Reinhardt, Reinhart, Reinhard, Rinehart, Rhinehart, Reinert.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.