Renard is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Renard
No. of characters: 6
Origin: France
Meaning:

The personal name Reinardus.

How popular is Renard?

Renard is common in France, Belgium, United States, Haiti, Tanzania, Germany, Morocco, Canada, England, Switzerland, Spain, Netherlands, Malawi, Australia, Russia, Argentina.

Renard is ranked 11546 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Renards grew by 16.42 per cent to 2269 since 2000 and ranked 13431 after elevating 718 spots. The last name was found in around 8 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 81.71 85.63
Black 10.75 8.62
Hispanic or Latino 3.92 2.67
Others 2.29 1.95
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.75 0.72
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.57 0.41
Renard is quite popular family name mostly used in France however Belgium lie ahead in terms of density. Around 48723 people have been found who wears Renard as their family name. Renard is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Renard:
139 France30,314
Countries with thousands of Renard:
43 Belgium9,745
13,819 United States2,762
583 Haiti2,317
Countries with hundreds of Renard:
9,819 Tanzania531
24,859 Germany363
22,036 Morocco273
14,859 Canada254
21,171 England208
5,729 Switzerland203
15,567 Spain195
18,528 Netherlands144
14,293 Malawi131
21,260 Australia121
89,522 Russia117
30,168 Argentina109
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
86,121 Brazil73
7,855 Denmark70
932 French Polynesia68
8,123 Chile64
10,904 Sweden63
817 New Caledonia62
57,058 Poland58
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
8,136 Dominican Republic46
71,309 South Africa42
228,660 Thailand38
3,734 Luxembourg35
15,564 Finland31
8,707 Ireland21
784 Seychelles18
22,419 Venezuela17
18,218 Uruguay14
6,554 China11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
48,153 Egypt9
113,457 Italy9
30,726 Qatar9
21,724 Scotland9
26,217 Estonia8
728,828 India8
50,907 Norway7
86,529 Austria6
48,838 Japan6
53,861 Mexico6
328,556 Ukraine6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

William Renard worked as workman and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 23 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Marathon and arrived on August 1, 1851. Patrick Renard (20) Workman, are other Renard that migrated to US.

From Germany

Charles Renard hailed from Germany. 3 years old embarked for USA from London on Northumberland and arrived on April 1, 1852. Christiana Renard (45), Fredericke Renard, aged 7, Friedrich Renard (10), Godfred Renard, Jacob Renard (5), 46 years old John-M Renard, Mary Renard (17), Augustin Renard, aged 8 months old, Marie Renard, aged 28, and 67 other Renard around 40.35% of whom were farmer while others worked as laborer and merchant, gentleman, liquor maker, dressmaker migrated to US.

Renard Namesakes

  • Gabrielle Renard, French woman
  • Charles Renard, French military engineer
  • Maurice Renard, French writer
  • Alphonse François Renard, Belgian geologist and petrographer
  • Christine Renard, French writer of science fiction and fantasy
  • Jules Renard, French author and member of the Académie Goncourt
  • Mercedes Renard, American actress from Miami, Florida
  • Veronique Renard, Dutch author and visual artist
  • Alexandre Renard, Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Lyon
  • Olivier Renard, retired Belgian football goalkeeper and is currently working as sporting director at Standard Liège

Renard Namesakes

  • Gabrielle Renard, French woman
  • Charles Renard, French military engineer
  • Maurice Renard, French writer
  • Alphonse François Renard, Belgian geologist and petrographer
  • Christine Renard, French writer of science fiction and fantasy
  • Jules Renard, French author and member of the Académie Goncourt
  • Mercedes Renard, American actress from Miami, Florida
  • Veronique Renard, Dutch author and visual artist
  • Alexandre Renard, Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Lyon
  • Olivier Renard, retired Belgian football goalkeeper and is currently working as sporting director at Standard Liège

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