# Goudreau (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/goudreau/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,405 |
| US rank (2010) | 19,282 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 219,748 people |
| Change since 2000 | -4.1% (1,465 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Goodreau, Goodrow |

## Etymology

From French Goudreau. This surname is principally found among French Canadians.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Goudreau in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 89% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 5.5% |
| Two or more races | 3.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Goudreau in the United States.

## People named Goudreau

- Barry Goudreau, American guitarist

## Similar surnames

Gaudreau, Gautreau, Goodyear, Guthrie, Guidry, Gauthier, Gaither, Geter, Gautier, Goodrow, Gaiter, Getter.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.