How common is the surname Deneau?

617 people in the United States had the surname Deneau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 500,398 Americans. It ranked 36,286th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Deneau?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Deneau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Deneau getting more or less common?

Less common. 656 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 617 in 2010, down 5.9%.

The surname Deneau

A French surname, carried by 617 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Deneau is more common than 77.6% of them.

Origin

French origin

* As a French surname, from de + Neau, a place in Mayenne, possibly from Latin Nigellus, a diminutive of Nigel. * Also as a French surname, from a variant of Daniau, northern form of the biblical name Daniel. Compare Dano, Denault, Denio, Denno.

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 617 people named Deneau in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 500,398 Americans. That is down 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 656.

#36,286

rank among US surnames

617

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-5.9%

change since 2000 (was #32,939)

Who is named Deneau

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

92% of people named Deneau identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
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

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Surnames that sound like Deneau

Deneau has the Soundex code D500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D500.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Deneau come from?: * As a French surname, from de + Neau, a place in Mayenne, possibly from Latin Nigellus, a diminutive of Nigel. * Also as a French surname, from a variant of Daniau, northern form of the biblical name Daniel. Compare Dano, Denault, Denio, Denno.
How common is the surname Deneau?: 617 people in the United States had the surname Deneau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 500,398 Americans. It ranked 36,286th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Deneau?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Deneau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Deneau getting more or less common?: Less common. 656 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 617 in 2010, down 5.9%.