How common is the surname Parenteau?

2,245 people in the United States had the surname Parenteau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 137,526 Americans. It ranked 13,509th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Parenteau?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Parenteau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Parenteau getting more or less common?

More common. 2,229 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,245 in 2010, up 0.7%.

The surname Parenteau

A surname, carried by 2,245 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex P653

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Parenteau is more common than 91.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,245 people named Parenteau in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 137,526 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,229.

#13,509

rank among US surnames

2,245

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+0.7%

change since 2000 (was #12,721)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,502	Nehring	2,248	137,342
#13,505	Fewell	2,247	137,403
#13,506	Dekker	2,246	137,465
#13,509	Klepper	2,245	137,526
#13,517	Amico	2,244	137,587

Who is named Parenteau

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

93% of people named Parenteau identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Parenteau

Parenteau has the Soundex code P653, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P653.

Questions

How common is the surname Parenteau?: 2,245 people in the United States had the surname Parenteau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 137,526 Americans. It ranked 13,509th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Parenteau?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Parenteau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Parenteau getting more or less common?: More common. 2,229 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,245 in 2010, up 0.7%.