The surname Primeaux
A surname, carried by 2,148 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex P652
Origin
From the French surname, variant of Primeau.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,148 people named Primeaux in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 143,736 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,934.
Who is named Primeaux
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
83% of people named Primeaux identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.8% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 83%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 9.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
- Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Primeaux
Primeaux has the Soundex code P652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P652.
Questions
- Where does the surname Primeaux come from?
- From the French surname, variant of Primeau.
- How common is the surname Primeaux?
- 2,148 people in the United States had the surname Primeaux in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 143,736 Americans. It ranked 14,025th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Primeaux?
- In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Primeaux identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.8% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
- Is the surname Primeaux getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,934 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,148 in 2010, up 11%.