How common is the surname Croteau?

4,525 people in the United States had the surname Croteau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,231 Americans. It ranked 7,361st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Croteau?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Croteau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Croteau getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,534 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,525 in 2010, down 0.2%.

The surname Croteau

A French surname, carried by 4,525 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Croteau is more common than 95.5% of them.

Origin

French origin

From French Croteau.

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 4,525 people named Croteau in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 68,231 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 4,534.

#7,361

rank among US surnames

4,525

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

-0.2%

change since 2000 (was #6,834)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,356	Wacker	4,530	68,156
#7,357	Mercurio	4,528	68,186
#7,359	Leverett	4,527	68,201
#7,361	Croteau	4,525	68,231
#7,363	Lacombe	4,524	68,246
#7,366	Midkiff	4,523	68,261

Who is named Croteau

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

96% of people named Croteau identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Crotteau

Surnames that sound like Croteau

Crotty

Croteau has the Soundex code C630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C630.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Croteau come from?: From French Croteau.
How common is the surname Croteau?: 4,525 people in the United States had the surname Croteau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,231 Americans. It ranked 7,361st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Croteau?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Croteau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Croteau getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,534 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,525 in 2010, down 0.2%.
What are other spellings of Croteau?: Crotteau.