Torchard Surname

1,338,236th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 167 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Torchard Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Torchard Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1661:400,13758,863
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155

Torchard Last Name Facts

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

The last name Torchard is found most frequently in France. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Torchard? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,338,236th most commonly used last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 43,637,999 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Torchard are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

The surname Torchard is most frequently occurring in France, where it is borne by 166 people, or 1 in 400,137. In France it is most common in: Brittany, where 69 percent are found, Hauts-de-France, where 7 percent are found and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 6 percent are found. Aside from France it occurs in one country. It is also common in Luxembourg, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thorhard8814/
Torshard8810/
Torchart888/
Turchard881/
Torhar863/
Torcar862/
Torchaire828/
Torcart805/
Torshar802/
Torscar801/
Tarchar801/
Torsgard7517/
Torchort751/
Torcartt751/
Torzar711,980/
Torsar71431/
Thorsgard7181/
Tarcar7173/
Tarhar7125/
Torhor719/
Toursaard711/
Thorsgaard67249/
Tarshar6762/
Torshor678/
Tarhair675/
Torsaar674/
Thorsar672/
Tarhare672/
Tarharh671/
Thorsgarrd671/
Torzaar671/

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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 Torchard
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