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Early Origins of the Rochard family

The surname Rochard was first found in Limousin, where this prestigious family has held a family seat since ancient times.

Early History of the Rochard family

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Rochard Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Rochechouart, Rochechouarts, Rochechouarte, Rochechouartes, Rochchouart, Rochchouarts, Rochart, Rochearte, Rochchouarte, Rochchouartes, Rochechouar, Rochechouars, Rochechouare, Rochechouares, Rochchouar, Rochchouars, Rochchouare, Rochchouares, Rochard, Rochechouard, Rochechouards, Rochechouarde, Rochechouardes, de Rochechouart and many more.

Early Notables of the Rochard family

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Rochard Ranking

In France, the name Rochard is the 3,262nd most popular surname with an estimated 2,000 - 2,500 people with that name. 1

Migration of the Rochard family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Mrs. E. Rochouard who settled with her two children in San Francisco in 1852 during the great Gold Rush.


Contemporary Notables of the name Rochard (post 1700) +

  • François Théodore Rochard (d. 1858), younger brother of Simon Jacques, after working for a time in Paris, followed his brother to London, where he became a fashionable portrait-painter
  • Simon James Rochard (1788-1872), French-born, English miniature-painter, son of René Rochard, by his wife, Marie Madeleine Talon; when when his mother was left a widow with twelve children, became her chief support by drawing portraits in crayons at five francs each


  1. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/


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