Piegard Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
New Caledonia

Piegard Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Piegard Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France341:1,953,609166,012
New Caledonia41:69,0566,678
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Piegard Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Piegard Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Piegard is found most in France. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Piegard? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,055,934th most commonly used last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 83 percent of Piegard are found; 83 percent are found in Western Europe and 83 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

The surname is most frequently held in France, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 1,953,609. In France Piegard is most numerous in: Normandy, where 56 percent are found, Pays de la Loire, where 26 percent are found and Centre-Val de Loire, where 9 percent are found. Excluding France it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in New Caledonia, where 10 percent are found and Madagascar, where 2 percent are found.

Piegard Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Piegard has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Piegard last name decreased 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pegard92532/
Pigard9229/
Piegare8624/
Piggard861/
Piengar861/
Peshgard8015/
Phaegard801/
Pegart7747/
Pégard7713/
Pigart773/
Piigar771/
Pjengaard7567/
Puggard7117/
Piegert7112/
Piegore7111/
Paugard719/
Paygard713/
Pougard711/
Pugaard711/
Pigherd710/
Peagord710/
Puggaard67580/
Piengour671/
Pausgaard6390/
Pegert6219/
Pigert625/
Pégart623/
Pigort622/
Pygart621/
Piigert5730/
Paugart5711/
Peigert5711/
Pougart575/
Paigert572/
Peugert571/
Piggort571/
Picgert571/
Phounghardth533/
Poungart531/
Piggingor501/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Piegard
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