How common is the surname Riendeau?

1,916 people in the United States had the surname Riendeau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 161,141 Americans. It ranked 15,318th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Riendeau?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Riendeau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Riendeau getting more or less common?

More common. 1,795 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,916 in 2010, up 6.7%.

The surname Riendeau

A French surname, carried by 1,916 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R530

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Riendeau is more common than 90.6% of them.

Origin

French origin

From French Riendeau.

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 1,916 people named Riendeau in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 161,141 Americans. That is up 6.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,795.

#15,318

rank among US surnames

1,916

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+6.7%

change since 2000 (was #15,078)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,309	Kinner	1,917	161,057
#15,318	Quisenberry	1,916	161,141
#15,322	Catano	1,915	161,225
#15,325	Irick	1,914	161,309

Who is named Riendeau

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

96% of people named Riendeau identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
Two or more races 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Riendeau

Riendeau has the Soundex code R530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R530.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Riendeau come from?: From French Riendeau.
How common is the surname Riendeau?: 1,916 people in the United States had the surname Riendeau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 161,141 Americans. It ranked 15,318th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Riendeau?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Riendeau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Riendeau getting more or less common?: More common. 1,795 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,916 in 2010, up 6.7%.