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Early Origins of the Poupard family

The surname Poupard was first found in Brittany where this distinguished family held a family seat in the seigneurie of Boullais, and were members of the aristocracy of that region from about the 11th century.

Early History of the Poupard family

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Poupard Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Poupart, Poupard, Poupèt, Pouparet, Poupas, Poupaert, Poupa, Pupier, Pupart and many more.

Early Notables of the Poupard family

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Poupard Ranking

In France, the name Poupard is the 2,224th most popular surname with an estimated 2,874 people with that name. 1


United States Poupard migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Poupard Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Michel Poupard and his wife Cecile settled in Maryland in 1763
  • Michel Poupard, who arrived in Maryland in 1763 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Poupard (post 1700) +

  • Charles A. Poupard, American Democratic Party politician, Supervisor of Grosse Pointe Township, Michigan, 1923-26 3
  • Paul Joseph Jean Poupard (b. 1930), French Roman Catholic cardinal
  • James Poupard, Microbiologist, born in Philadelphia 1943


  1. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  3. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 13) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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