How common is the surname Gendreau?

2,057 people in the United States had the surname Gendreau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 150,095 Americans. It ranked 14,505th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gendreau?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Gendreau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Gendreau getting more or less common?

More common. 1,955 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,057 in 2010, up 5.2%.

The surname Gendreau

A surname, carried by 2,057 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G536

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gendreau is more common than 91.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,057 people named Gendreau in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 150,095 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,955.

#14,505

rank among US surnames

2,057

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+5.2%

change since 2000 (was #14,122)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,505	Gendreau	2,057	150,095
#14,507	Snedeker	2,056	150,168
#14,511	Simas	2,055	150,241

Who is named Gendreau

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

94% of people named Gendreau identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gendreau

Gendron

Gendreau has the Soundex code G536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G536.

Questions

How common is the surname Gendreau?: 2,057 people in the United States had the surname Gendreau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 150,095 Americans. It ranked 14,505th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gendreau?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Gendreau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Gendreau getting more or less common?: More common. 1,955 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,057 in 2010, up 5.2%.