How common is the surname Daigneault?

1,585 people in the United States had the surname Daigneault in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 194,792 Americans. It ranked 17,699th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Daigneault?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Daigneault identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Daigneault?

Mark Daigneault, American basketball coach.

Where is the surname Daigneault most common?

Wikidata records people named Daigneault in the United States.

Is the surname Daigneault getting more or less common?

More common. 1,512 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,585 in 2010, up 4.8%.

The surname Daigneault

A French surname, carried by 1,585 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D254

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Daigneault is more common than 89.1% of them.

Origin

French origin

Borrowed from French Daigneault, variant of Dagneau, a form of Daniel. Compare Daigneau, Daignault.

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 1,585 people named Daigneault in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 194,792 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,512.

#17,699

rank among US surnames

1,585

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+4.8%

change since 2000 (was #17,248)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,691	Pangburn	1,586	194,669
#17,699	Orwig	1,585	194,792

Who is named Daigneault

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

96% of people named Daigneault identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Daigneaults

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mark Daigneault
American basketball coach, born 1985

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Daigneault

Daignault

Daigneault has the Soundex code D254, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D254.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Daigneault come from?: Borrowed from French Daigneault, variant of Dagneau, a form of Daniel. Compare Daigneau, Daignault.
How common is the surname Daigneault?: 1,585 people in the United States had the surname Daigneault in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 194,792 Americans. It ranked 17,699th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Daigneault?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Daigneault identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Daigneault?: Mark Daigneault, American basketball coach.
Where is the surname Daigneault most common?: Wikidata records people named Daigneault in the United States.
Is the surname Daigneault getting more or less common?: More common. 1,512 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,585 in 2010, up 4.8%.