# Moreau (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/moreau/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 9,035 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,943 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 34,172 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.6% (8,473 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Moreau in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 85% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 9.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Moreau in the United States, Belgium, France and Argentina.

## People named Moreau

- Gustave Moreau, 19th century French Symbolist painter (1826-1898)
- Yolande Moreau, Belgian actress, film director and screenwriter
- Alicia Moreau de Justo, British-born Argentine politician (1885-1986)
- Marguerite Moreau, American actress
- Janet Moreau, athletics competitor (1927–2021)
- Marcel Moreau, Belgian writer (1933-2020)
- Foster Moreau, American football player (born 1997)

## Similar surnames

Moore, Mora, Morey, More, Mori, Moura, Moro, Mowrey, Mera, Moree, Mero, Morra.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.