Locard Surname
Approximately 232 people bear this surname
Locard Surname Definition:
Probably foreign. Stephen Locard witnessed a charter of Richard de Morville before 1153 (Douglas, Baronage, i. 323). Jordan Locard 1165 witnessed a charter of Walter Fitz- Alan, Dapifer (Kelso Chart.).
Locard Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 224 | 1:296,530 | 45,363 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 18 | 1:2,789,927 | 129,797 |
Locard (15) may also be a first name.
Locard Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Probably foreign. Stephen Locard witnessed a charter of Richard de Morville before 1153 (Douglas, Baronage, i. 323). Jordan Locard 1165 witnessed a charter of Walter Fitz- Alan, Dapifer (Kelso Chart.).
Locard Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Locard Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Locard is most common in France. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Locard.
How Common Is The Last Name Locard? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,070,546th most widely held last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 31,411,836 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Locard live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Locard is also the 2,900,335th most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 15 people.
Locard is most frequently held in France, where it is borne by 224 people, or 1 in 296,530. In France Locard is primarily found in: Île-de-France, where 47 percent live, Normandy, where 32 percent live and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 5 percent live. Aside from France it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and Belarus, where 0 percent live.
Locard Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Locard has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Locard last name contracted 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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Locard Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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