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    The surname Michaud

    A surname, carried by 14,910 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M230

    Michaud: #2,431 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Michaud #2,431, 14,910 people Michaud: #2,431 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Michaud #2,431, 14,910 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Michaud is more common than 98.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 14,910 people named Michaud in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 20,707 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 14,408.

    #2,431
    rank among US surnames
    14,910
    people in 2010
    5.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.5%
    change since 2000 (was #2,303)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,422Isaacs14,95120,650
    #2,423Brower14,95020,652
    #2,424Yazzie14,94920,653
    #2,425Strange14,94820,655
    #2,426Boles14,94620,657
    #2,427Mares14,93120,678
    #2,428Wilburn14,92820,682

    Who is named Michaud

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

    91% of people named Michaud identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Michaud

    Michaud has the Soundex code M230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M230.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Michaud?
    14,910 people in the United States had the surname Michaud in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 20,707 Americans. It ranked 2,431st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Michaud?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Michaud identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Michaud getting more or less common?
    More common. 14,408 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,910 in 2010, up 3.5%.