How common is the surname Giroux?

4,885 people in the United States had the surname Giroux in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,203 Americans. It ranked 6,882nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Giroux?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Giroux identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Giroux?

Henry Giroux, American academic.

Where is the surname Giroux most common?

Wikidata records people named Giroux in the United States.

Is the surname Giroux getting more or less common?

More common. 4,690 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,885 in 2010, up 4.2%.

The surname Giroux

A French surname, carried by 4,885 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Giroux is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

French origin

From French Giroux.

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 4,885 people named Giroux in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 63,203 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,690.

#6,882

rank among US surnames

4,885

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+4.2%

change since 2000 (was #6,647)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,877	Ku	4,888	63,164
#6,880	Im	4,887	63,177
#6,881	Shetler	4,886	63,190
#6,882	Peckham	4,885	63,203

Who is named Giroux

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

93% of people named Giroux identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Girouxs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Henry Giroux
American academic, born 1943

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Giroux come from?: From French Giroux.
How common is the surname Giroux?: 4,885 people in the United States had the surname Giroux in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,203 Americans. It ranked 6,882nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Giroux?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Giroux identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Giroux?: Henry Giroux, American academic.
Where is the surname Giroux most common?: Wikidata records people named Giroux in the United States.
Is the surname Giroux getting more or less common?: More common. 4,690 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,885 in 2010, up 4.2%.