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    The surname Arseneau

    A French surname, carried by 1,196 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A625

    Arseneau: #21,750 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Arseneau #21,750, 1,196 people Arseneau: #21,750 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Arseneau #21,750, 1,196 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Arseneau is more common than 86.6% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    From French Arseneau.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,196 people named Arseneau in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 258,148 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,152.

    #21,750
    rank among US surnames
    1,196
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.8%
    change since 2000 (was #21,230)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #21,750Celli1,196258,148
    #21,759Finnigan1,195258,364

    Who is named Arseneau

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    96% of people named Arseneau identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Arseneau

    Arseneau has the Soundex code A625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A625.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Arseneau come from?
    From French Arseneau.
    How common is the surname Arseneau?
    1,196 people in the United States had the surname Arseneau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 258,148 Americans. It ranked 21,750th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Arseneau?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Arseneau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.0% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Arseneau getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,152 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,196 in 2010, up 3.8%.