Mussard

surname · Latin script

Meaning: from OFr musard ‘absent-minded, stupid’; first attested Hascoit Musard 1086 DB (Berks, Bk)

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/mysaʁ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Mussard is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • FRFrance≈1 in 22K(inferred from the name graph)
  • RERéunion≈1 in 15K
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 323K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

France (inferred from the name graph)

≈3,000 people, est.

Sources
219 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 15K (inferred from the name graph)

Réunion, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

from OFr musard ‘absent-minded, stupid’; first attested Hascoit Musard 1086 DB (Berks, Bk)

Sources 1

  • A Dictionary of English Surnames

Where in the world(measured from records)

Mussard counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Mussard is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FR France—≈3,000 est.≈1 in 22K671Mussard219
US United States—≈110 est.≈1 in 3MlistedMussard33
ES Spain—≈82 est.≈1 in 610K—Mussard5
GB United Kingdom—≈70 est.≈1 in 937K—Mussard21
RE Réunion#262≈52 est.≈1 in 15K—Mussard21
CH Switzerland—261 in 323K26Mussard5
EE Estonia—≈2 est.≈1 in 701Klisted—2

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Mussard is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, France

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Muessård, Müssård

32 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

16001700180019002000Jean Mussard, b. 1644Jean Mussard, b. 1681Robert Mussard, b. 1713Jules Mussard, b. 1857Pascale Mussard, b. 1957Shurik'n, b. 1966Faf Larage, b. 1971Miguel Mussard, b. 1977Didier Mussard, b. 1978Naâman, b. 1990
  • Jean Mussardb. 1644Person; male; Goldsmith and ornamentalist from Geneva. One of a family of goldsmiths and enamellers; French; Swiss; 1644-1703
  • Jean Mussardb. 1681CH(1681-1754)
  • Robert Mussardb. 1713CHSwiss painter (1713–1777)
  • Jules Mussardb. 1857CHGenevan jurist and politician (1857-1935)
  • Pascale Mussardb. 1957FRFrench businessman
  • Shurik'nb. 1966FRnot in their usual nameFrench rapper
  • Faf Larageb. 1971FRnot in their usual nameFrench rapper
  • Miguel Mussardb. 1977FRFrench association football player
  • Didier Mussardb. 1978FRFrench ultramarathon runner
  • Naâmanb. 1990FRnot in their usual nameFrench reggae musician, singer and songwriter (1990–2025)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalMadame, Monsieur,Dear Mussard, (English)
InformalMadame, Monsieur,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 11 sources across 6 countries.

Official registers attesting Mussard
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1961758—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1971712—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1981705—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1991671—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1951655—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1941531—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1931378—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1921289—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1911276—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1901231—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)189146—
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)202426#30,302

Reference works 4

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Mussard mean, and where does it come from?
from OFr musard ‘absent-minded, stupid’; first attested Hascoit Musard 1086 DB (Berks, Bk) Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
How do you pronounce Mussard?
A machine transcription gives /mysaʁ/ (IPA) for French.
In which country does Mussard have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 3.0 thousand people named Mussard in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mussard.
How common is the name Mussard?
In Switzerland, the national register counted 26 people named Mussard in 2024, about 1 in 323 thousand residents.
How common is Mussard compared with other names?
In Réunion, Mussard is the 262nd most common surname of 3,012 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Mussard” — the 262nd most common surname in Réunion. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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