Popularity of the last name by country

France

• Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (197,797)
• Bouches-du-Rhône (166,307)
• Aude (74,694)
• Gard (74,434)
• Puy-de-Dôme (55,218)
• Rhône (54,320)
• Vendée (50,725)
• Hautes-Alpes (48,944)
• Drôme (45,879)
• Var (44,371)
• Hérault (43,759)
• Vaucluse (43,599)
• Charente (41,047)
• Haute-Loire (37,581)
• Ardèche (36,121)
• Isère (32,954)
• Savoie (32,420)
• Deux-Sèvres (29,461)
• Paris (29,361)
• Loire (27,025)
• Tarn (26,925)
• Gironde (26,786)
• Charente-Maritime (26,641)
• Haute-Vienne (20,265)
• Allier (19,525)
• Dordogne (18,913)
• Ariège (18,039)
• Vienne (18,036)
• Pyrénées-Orientales (16,512)
• Alpes-Maritimes (16,417)
• Loire-Atlantique (16,100)
• Indre (9,425)
• Creuse (9,066)
• Tarn-et-Garonne (8,408)
• Haute-Garonne (7,727)
• Ain (6,664)
• Jura (5,409)
• Aveyron (4,125)
• Saône-et-Loire (3,379)
• Cher (2,853)
• Cantal (2,480)
• Nord (2,399)
• Corrèze (2,315)
• Pyrénées-Atlantiques (2,248)
• Marne (2,092)
• Haute-Savoie (2,039)
• Meuse (1,998)
• Somme (1,970)
• Hauts-de-Seine (1,805)
• Lozère (1,709)
• Lot-et-Garonne (1,646)
• Seine-Saint-Denis (1,607)
• Yvelines (1,521)
• Indre-et-Loire (1,499)
• Val-de-Marne (1,393)
• Aisne (1,278)
• Côte-d'Or (1,247)
• Maine-et-Loire (1,228)
• Landes (1,223)
• Nièvre (1,194)

All countries

• France (1,478,826)
• Canada (10,263)
• Algeria (7,430)
• Italy (3,582)
• Netherlands (3,070)
• Martinique (2,280)
• Switzerland (1,984)
• Réunion (1,925)
• United States (1,901)
• United Kingdom (1,064)
• Belgium (931)
• Germany (707)
• Spain (548)
• Tunisia (547)
• Unknown country (463)
• Morocco (354)
• New Caledonia (302)
• Viet Nam (279)
• Haiti (240)
• Guadeloupe (211)
• Mauritius (206)
• Madagascar (199)
• Monaco (179)
• French Polynesia (165)
• Australia (159)
• Mexico (156)
• Malta (143)
• New Zealand (139)
• Turkey (128)
• Portugal (88)
• Indonesia (83)
• Argentina (73)
• Austria (59)
• Egypt (59)
• Russian Federation (59)
• Brazil (58)
• Serbia (54)
• Ireland (52)
• South Africa (50)
• Dominican Republic (48)

Origine of last name

ARNAUD : French: from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements arn ‘eagle’ + wald ‘rule power’ (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Arnold">Arnold</a>). This surname is also found in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Renaud">Renaud</a> and <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Reneau">Reneau</a>.