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    The surname Bleau

    A French surname, carried by 1,309 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B400

    Bleau: #20,309 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bleau #20,309, 1,309 people Bleau: #20,309 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bleau #20,309, 1,309 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bleau is more common than 87.5% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    A surname from French.

    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 1,309 people named Bleau in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 235,864 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,153.

    #20,309
    rank among US surnames
    1,309
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.5%
    change since 2000 (was #21,209)

    Who is named Bleau

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

    93% of people named Bleau identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Bleau

    Bleau has the Soundex code B400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B400.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bleau come from?
    Bleau is French in origin.
    How common is the surname Bleau?
    1,309 people in the United States had the surname Bleau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 235,864 Americans. It ranked 20,309th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bleau?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Bleau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Bleau getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,153 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,309 in 2010, up 14%.