How common is the surname Patenaude?

2,292 people in the United States had the surname Patenaude in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,706 Americans. It ranked 13,306th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Patenaude?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Patenaude identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Patenaude?

Bert Patenaude, American soccer player (1909-1974).

Where is the surname Patenaude most common?

Wikidata records people named Patenaude in the United States.

Is the surname Patenaude getting more or less common?

More common. 2,216 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,292 in 2010, up 3.4%.

The surname Patenaude

A French surname, carried by 2,292 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex P353

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Patenaude is more common than 91.8% of them.

Origin

French origin

Borrowed from French Patenaude.

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 2,292 people named Patenaude in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 134,706 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,216.

#13,306

rank among US surnames

2,292

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+3.4%

change since 2000 (was #12,778)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,297	Pruneda	2,294	134,588
#13,300	Golla	2,293	134,647
#13,306	Kennell	2,292	134,706

Who is named Patenaude

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

96% of people named Patenaude identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Patenaudes

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bert Patenaude
American soccer player (1909-1974)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Patnaude

Surnames that sound like Patenaude

Patenaude has the Soundex code P353, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P353.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Patenaude come from?: Borrowed from French Patenaude.
How common is the surname Patenaude?: 2,292 people in the United States had the surname Patenaude in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,706 Americans. It ranked 13,306th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Patenaude?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Patenaude identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Patenaude?: Bert Patenaude, American soccer player (1909-1974).
Where is the surname Patenaude most common?: Wikidata records people named Patenaude in the United States.
Is the surname Patenaude getting more or less common?: More common. 2,216 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,292 in 2010, up 3.4%.
What are other spellings of Patenaude?: Patnaude.