How common is the surname Ledoux?

6,058 people in the United States had the surname Ledoux in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,965 Americans. It ranked 5,725th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ledoux?

In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Ledoux identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Ledoux?

Joseph E. LeDoux, American neuroscientist, followed by Paul Ledoux.

Where is the surname Ledoux most common?

Wikidata records people named Ledoux in the United States and Belgium.

Is the surname Ledoux getting more or less common?

More common. 5,827 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,058 in 2010, up 4.0%.

The surname Ledoux

A French surname, carried by 6,058 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L320

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ledoux is more common than 96.5% of them.

Origin

French origin

Borrowed from French Ledoux.

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 6,058 people named Ledoux in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 50,965 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,827.

#5,725

rank among US surnames

6,058

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+4%

change since 2000 (was #5,490)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,721	Whetstone	6,064	50,915
#5,722	Shaikh	6,063	50,923
#5,724	Mulkey	6,061	50,940
#5,725	Funderburk	6,058	50,965

Who is named Ledoux

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

83% of people named Ledoux identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.1%
Two or more races 2.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ledouxs

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Joseph E. LeDoux
American neuroscientist, born 1949
Paul Ledoux
Belgian astronomer (1914–1988)
Chris LeDoux
American country singer, 1948–2005

Notable Ledouxs come mostly from the United States (2) and Belgium (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Ledoux

Leduc

Ledoux has the Soundex code L320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L320.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Ledoux come from?: Borrowed from French Ledoux.
How common is the surname Ledoux?: 6,058 people in the United States had the surname Ledoux in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,965 Americans. It ranked 5,725th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ledoux?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Ledoux identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Ledoux?: Joseph E. LeDoux, American neuroscientist, followed by Paul Ledoux.
Where is the surname Ledoux most common?: Wikidata records people named Ledoux in the United States and Belgium.
Is the surname Ledoux getting more or less common?: More common. 5,827 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,058 in 2010, up 4.0%.