Painchaud is used as a family name or surname in France, England. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Painchaud
No. of characters: 9
Origin: France, England
Meaning:

Painchaud is modification of the Payne. One of the greatest colonies of the Paynes is at East Grinstead, county of Sussex, where for several centuries they have been very abundant. Some of the branches, for the sake of comparative distinction, call themselves Payner!

The last name is widely spread. In the Biblio thèque Impériale at Paris, Paganellus and Paganus stand indifferently for Paynel; and other forms of the name exist in France is Payen, Paen, Payn. Italy has its Pagana, and Portugal its Payana.

A derivation of Payne. The rustic or countryman, a pagan; descendant of Payen meaning "villages, later heathen".

Painchaud is modification of Paine. The rustic or countryman, a pagan; descendant of Payen meaning "villages, later heathen".

Derivation of Paine. Paynim or infidel; field, plain.

How popular is Painchaud?

Painchaud is common in Canada, United States, France.

Painchaud is ranked 159778 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Painchauds grew by 9.27 per cent to 271 since 2000 and ranked 71886 after elevating 1019 spots. The last name was found in around 9 per ten million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 96.68 97.58
Painchaud is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Canada which may be its originating country too. Around 2729 people have been found who wears Painchaud as their family name. Painchaud have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Painchaud:
2,588 Canada2,015
Countries with hundreds of Painchaud:
66,338 United States414
36,774 France280

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