How common is the surname Moreau?

9,035 people in the United States had the surname Moreau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,172 Americans. It ranked 3,943rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Moreau?

Gustave Moreau, 19th century French Symbolist painter (1826-1898), followed by Yolande Moreau.

Where is the surname Moreau most common?

Wikidata records people named Moreau in the United States, Belgium and France and 1 other country.

Is the surname Moreau getting more or less common?

More common. 8,473 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,035 in 2010, up 6.6%.

The surname Moreau

A surname, carried by 9,035 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Moreau is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,035 people named Moreau in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,172 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,473.

#3,943

rank among US surnames

9,035

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

+6.6%

change since 2000 (was #3,853)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,939	Belton	9,041	34,149
#3,940	Barnhill	9,040	34,153
#3,942	Moreira	9,037	34,165
#3,943	Moreau	9,035	34,172
#3,944	Halstead	9,027	34,202

Who is named Moreau

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

85% of people named Moreau identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Moreaus

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gustave Moreau
19th century French Symbolist painter (1826-1898)
Yolande Moreau
Belgian actress, film director and screenwriter, born 1953
Alicia Moreau de Justo
British-born Argentine politician (1885-1986)
Marguerite Moreau
American actress, born 1977
Janet Moreau
Athletics competitor (1927–2021)
Marcel Moreau
Belgian writer (1933-2020)
Foster Moreau
American football player (born 1997)

Notable Moreaus come mostly from the United States (3), Belgium (2) and France (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Moreau

Moreau has the Soundex code M600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M600.

Questions

How common is the surname Moreau?: 9,035 people in the United States had the surname Moreau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,172 Americans. It ranked 3,943rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Moreau?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Moreau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Moreau?: Gustave Moreau, 19th century French Symbolist painter (1826-1898), followed by Yolande Moreau.
Where is the surname Moreau most common?: Wikidata records people named Moreau in the United States, Belgium and France and 1 other country.
Is the surname Moreau getting more or less common?: More common. 8,473 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,035 in 2010, up 6.6%.