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    The surname DeCoteau

    A French surname, carried by 2,194 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex D230

    DeCoteau: #13,786 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer DeCoteau #13,786, 2,194 people DeCoteau: #13,786 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez DeCoteau #13,786, 2,194 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). DeCoteau is more common than 91.5% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    From French Decoteau.

    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 2,194 people named DeCoteau in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 140,723 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,899.

    #13,786
    rank among US surnames
    2,194
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +15.5%
    change since 2000 (was #14,422)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,781Pettengill2,195140,659
    #13,786Schuessler2,194140,723
    #13,790Cuddy2,193140,787
    #13,795Wickstrom2,192140,851

    Who is named DeCoteau

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

    40% of people named DeCoteau identified as white (not Hispanic), 38% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 40%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 38%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 15%
    • Two or more races 4.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like DeCoteau

    DeCoteau has the Soundex code D230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D230.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname DeCoteau come from?
    From French Decoteau.
    How common is the surname DeCoteau?
    2,194 people in the United States had the surname DeCoteau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 140,723 Americans. It ranked 13,786th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname DeCoteau?
    In the 2010 Census, 40% of people named DeCoteau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 38% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
    Is the surname DeCoteau getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,899 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,194 in 2010, up 16%.