# Lamoureux (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/lamoureux/  
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) | 3,361 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,658 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 91,861 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.0% (3,295 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Lamoreaux, Lamoreux, Lamoureaux, Amoureux |

## Etymology

From French Lamoureux, from l'Amoureux, from l'+amoureux (“lover”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lamoureux 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) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lamoureux in France and the United States.

## People named Lamoureux

- Robert Lamoureux, actor, screenwriter, film director (1920-2011)
- Monique Lamoureux, American ice hockey player

## Similar surnames

Lamoreaux, Linares, Lammers, Lonergan, Lamarche, Lamarca, Lamers.

## 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.