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    The surname Lanoue

    A surname, carried by 1,714 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex L500

    Lanoue: #16,704 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lanoue #16,704, 1,714 people Lanoue: #16,704 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lanoue #16,704, 1,714 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lanoue is more common than 89.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,714 people named Lanoue in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 180,132 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,713.

    #16,704
    rank among US surnames
    1,714
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.1%
    change since 2000 (was #15,661)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,696Lorence1,715180,027
    #16,704Guidroz1,714180,132
    #16,707Nyquist1,713180,237

    Who is named Lanoue

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

    94% of people named Lanoue identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lanoue

    Lanoue has the Soundex code L500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Lanoue?
    1,714 people in the United States had the surname Lanoue in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 180,132 Americans. It ranked 16,704th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lanoue?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lanoue identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Lanoue getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,713 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,714 in 2010, up 0.1%.