The surname Lamoreaux
A French surname, carried by 2,595 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex L562
Origin
French origin
Variant of Lamoureux, from French Lamoureux, from L'Amoureux, from l'+amoureux (“lover”).
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 2,595 people named Lamoreaux in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 118,977 Americans. That is up 7.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,406.
Who is named Lamoreaux
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Lamoreaux identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as two or more races and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 94%
- Two or more races 2.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Variant spellings
- Lamoreux
- Lamoureaux
- Lamoureux
- Amoureux
Lamoreaux has the Soundex code L562, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L562.
Other French surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Lamoreaux come from?
- Variant of Lamoureux, from French Lamoureux, from L'Amoureux, from l'+amoureux (“lover”).
- How common is the surname Lamoreaux?
- 2,595 people in the United States had the surname Lamoreaux in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 118,977 Americans. It ranked 12,031st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Lamoreaux?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lamoreaux identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Lamoreaux getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,406 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,595 in 2010, up 7.9%.
- What are other spellings of Lamoreaux?
- Lamoreux, Lamoureaux, Lamoureux and Amoureux.