Planchard is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Planchard
No. of characters: 9
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Name worn in the Nièvre and Cher. One can think of the one who makes the boards, but the name usually evokes a gateway (board to pass a stream). It should however be certain that Planchard can not be a variant of Blanchard (qv).

How popular is Planchard?

Planchard is ranked 291803 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Planchard bearers increased by 5.263158 per cent in 2010 US census to 140 since 2000, the surname slipped by 2734 spots and ranked at 123064. The last name was found in around 0 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.86 94.74
Hispanic or Latino 4.29 3.76
Planchard is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in France which may be its originating country too. Around 1033 people have been found who wears Planchard as their family name. Planchard have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
8,065 Trinidad and Tobago10
240,218 Canada7
6,266 Luxembourg2
65,594 Belgium2
29,774 Venezuela1
36,678 Singapore1
151,601 Spain1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
42,407 Sweden22
155,219 England16
Countries with hundreds of Planchard:
12,712 France735
96,743 United States235

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Piedad Murtha
Planchard is a pejorative form of board, carpenter nickname, one that makes the boards.

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