How common is the surname Letourneau?

4,818 people in the United States had the surname Letourneau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,082 Americans. It ranked 6,961st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Letourneau?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Letourneau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Letourneau?

Mary Kay Letourneau, American schoolteacher convicted of the statutory rape of a 12/13-year old boy (1962-2020).

Where is the surname Letourneau most common?

Wikidata records people named Letourneau in the United States.

Is the surname Letourneau getting more or less common?

More common. 4,597 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,818 in 2010, up 4.8%.

The surname Letourneau

A French surname, carried by 4,818 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex L365

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Letourneau is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

French origin

From French Létourneau.

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 4,818 people named Letourneau in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 64,082 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,597.

#6,961

rank among US surnames

4,818

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+4.8%

change since 2000 (was #6,757)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,956	Waltman	4,822	64,029
#6,958	Suttles	4,821	64,042
#6,960	Rolle	4,819	64,068
#6,961	Dull	4,818	64,082

Who is named Letourneau

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

96% of people named Letourneau identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Letourneaus

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mary Kay Letourneau
American schoolteacher convicted of the statutory rape of a 12/13-year old boy (1962-2020)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Tourneau

Letourneau has the Soundex code L365, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L365.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Letourneau come from?: From French Létourneau.
How common is the surname Letourneau?: 4,818 people in the United States had the surname Letourneau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,082 Americans. It ranked 6,961st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Letourneau?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Letourneau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Letourneau?: Mary Kay Letourneau, American schoolteacher convicted of the statutory rape of a 12/13-year old boy (1962-2020).
Where is the surname Letourneau most common?: Wikidata records people named Letourneau in the United States.
Is the surname Letourneau getting more or less common?: More common. 4,597 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,818 in 2010, up 4.8%.
What are other spellings of Letourneau?: Tourneau.