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    The surname Lareau

    A French surname, carried by 1,893 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L600

    Lareau: #15,471 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lareau #15,471, 1,893 people Lareau: #15,471 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lareau #15,471, 1,893 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lareau is more common than 90.5% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    Borrowed from Canadian French Lareau.

    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 1,893 people named Lareau in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 163,099 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,655.

    #15,471
    rank among US surnames
    1,893
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +14.4%
    change since 2000 (was #16,087)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,464Belz1,894163,012
    #15,471Castner1,893163,099
    #15,477Parga1,892163,185

    Who is named Lareau

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

    90% of people named Lareau identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as two or more races and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Two or more races 3.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

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    Surnames that sound like Lareau

    Lareau has the Soundex code L600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L600.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lareau come from?
    Borrowed from Canadian French Lareau.
    How common is the surname Lareau?
    1,893 people in the United States had the surname Lareau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 163,099 Americans. It ranked 15,471st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lareau?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Lareau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Lareau getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,655 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,893 in 2010, up 14%.
    What are other spellings of Lareau?
    Larrow.