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    The surname Garceau

    A surname, carried by 1,630 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G620

    Garceau: #17,337 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Garceau #17,337, 1,630 people Garceau: #17,337 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Garceau #17,337, 1,630 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Garceau is more common than 89.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,630 people named Garceau in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 189,414 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,636.

    #17,337
    rank among US surnames
    1,630
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.4%
    change since 2000 (was #16,230)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,331Uhler1,631189,298
    #17,337Shake1,630189,414
    #17,345Estey1,629189,531

    Who is named Garceau

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

    93% of people named Garceau identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    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 Garceau

    Garceau has the Soundex code G620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G620.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Garceau?
    1,630 people in the United States had the surname Garceau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 189,414 Americans. It ranked 17,337th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Garceau?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Garceau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Garceau getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,636 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,630 in 2010, down 0.4%.