Blanchard is a French family name. It is also used as a given name. It derives from the Old French word blanchart which meant "whitish, bordering upon white". It is also an obsolete term for a white horse. Geographical distribution As of 2014, 42.3% of all known bearers of the surname Blanchard were residents of France (frequency 1:1,117), 36.3% of the United States (1:7,073), 8.7% of Canada (1:3,021), 3.5% of England (1:11,189), 1.7% of Haiti (1:4,397), 1.2% of Vietnam (1:56,908) and 1.1% of Australia (1:15,892). In France, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,117) in the following regions: 1. Saint-Barthélemy (1:18) 2. Pays de la Loire (1:424) 3. Centre-Val de Loire (1:574) 4. French Guiana (1:677) 5. Brittany (1:690) 6. Nouvelle-Aquitaine (1:700) 7. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (1:1,098) In Canada, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:3,021) in the following provinces: 1. New Brunswick (1:511) 2. Prince Edward Island (1:544) 3. Newfoundland and Labrador (1:1,106) 4. Quebec (1:1,693) 5. Yukon (1:1,726) Surname Wikipedia articles about people with the surname Blanchard: Al Blanchard (born 1952), ice hockey right winger Alain Blanchard (born 1419), commander of the crossbowmen of Rouen during the Hundred Years' War Alana Blanchard (born 1990), American professional surfer Albert Gallatin Blanchard (1810–1891), American Civil War general in the Confederate Army Allen Blanchard (1929–2008), Australian federal politician Amy Ella Blanchard (1854–1926), American writer of juvenile fiction Antoine Blanchard (1910–1988), French painter Arthur Bailly-Blanchard (1855–1925), American diplomat Barry Blanchard (born 1959), Canadian mountaineer and presenter Brian Blanchard (born 1958), attorney, judge in Wisconsin C. Lemoine Blanchard (1910–1986), served on the Los Angeles City Council from 1959 until 1963 Cary Blanchard (born 1968), former American football placekicker in the National Football League Charles A. Blanchard (1848–1925), the second president of Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois Charles A. Blanchard (lawyer) (born 1959), United States lawyer who served as general counsel of the army Charles V. Blanchard (1866–1939), American politician who served as a Massachusetts state representative and a Massachusetts state senator Claude Blanchard (1932–2006), Québécois pop singer and actor Dick Blanchard (born 1949), linebacker in the National Football League Doc Blanchard (1924–2009), American college football player and Heisman Trophy winner Edgar Blanchard (1924–1972), American guitarist and bandleader Edmond Blanchard (1954–2014), Canadian jurist and politician Edmund Blanchard (1824–1886), lawyer and prominent businessman in Centre County, Pennsylvania Édouard-Théophile Blanchard (1844–1879), nineteenth-century French painter Edward Litt Laman Blanchard (1820–1889), English