How common is the surname Bilodeau?

4,454 people in the United States had the surname Bilodeau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,319 Americans. It ranked 7,480th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Bilodeau getting more or less common?

More common. 4,362 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,454 in 2010, up 2.1%.

The surname Bilodeau

A French surname, carried by 4,454 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B430

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bilodeau is more common than 95.4% of them.

Origin

French origin

From French Bilodeau.

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 4,454 people named Bilodeau in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 69,319 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,362.

#7,480

rank among US surnames

4,454

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.1%

change since 2000 (was #7,073)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,473	Peguero	4,457	69,272
#7,477	Atencio	4,456	69,288
#7,478	Dehoyos	4,455	69,303
#7,480	Bilodeau	4,454	69,319
#7,481	Spina	4,453	69,334
#7,485	Smock	4,452	69,350

Who is named Bilodeau

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

96% of people named Bilodeau identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as two or more races and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Two or more races 1.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bilodeau

Bilotta

Bilodeau has the Soundex code B430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B430.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bilodeau come from?: From French Bilodeau.
How common is the surname Bilodeau?: 4,454 people in the United States had the surname Bilodeau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,319 Americans. It ranked 7,480th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bilodeau?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Bilodeau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as two or more races.
Is the surname Bilodeau getting more or less common?: More common. 4,362 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,454 in 2010, up 2.1%.