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The surname Breault

A French surname, carried by 3,700 people in the United States.

Pronounced /bɹoʊ/ 1 syllable Soundex B643

Breault: #8,854 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Breault #8,854, 3,700 people Breault: #8,854 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Breault #8,854, 3,700 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Breault is more common than 94.5% of them.

Origin

French origin

French surname, variant of Brault and also Breaux.

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 3,700 people named Breault in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 83,445 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,537.

#8,854
rank among US surnames
3,700
people in 2010
1.3
per 100,000 Americans
+4.6%
change since 2000 (was #8,571)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#8,848Sweatt3,70383,377
#8,850Dunston3,70283,400
#8,853Marano3,70183,422
#8,854Breault3,70083,445
#8,858Kautz3,69983,467
#8,860Licea3,69883,490
#8,861Barbera3,69683,535

Who is named Breault

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

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

  • White (not Hispanic) 96%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
  • Two or more races 1.4%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Breault

Breault has the Soundex code B643, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B643.

Other French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Breault come from?
French surname, variant of Brault and also Breaux.
How common is the surname Breault?
3,700 people in the United States had the surname Breault in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,445 Americans. It ranked 8,854th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Breault?
In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Breault identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
How do you pronounce Breault?
Breault is /bɹoʊ/, one syllable.
Is the surname Breault getting more or less common?
More common. 3,537 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,700 in 2010, up 4.6%.