# Primeau (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/primeau/  
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) | 1,190 |
| US rank (2010) | 21,842 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 259,450 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.3% (1,175 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the French surname, from the adjective première (“first”). Related to Premo, Primeaux.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Primeau 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) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Similar surnames

Primm, Prim, Prime, Primo, Priem, Prine, Parham, Perrin, Perrone, Perrine, Perron, Perna.

## 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.