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The surname Robichaux

A French surname, carried by 2,465 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex R122

Robichaux: #12,560 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Robichaux #12,560, 2,465 people Robichaux: #12,560 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Robichaux #12,560, 2,465 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Robichaux is more common than 92.3% of them.

Origin

French origin

Borrowed from French Robichaux.

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 2,465 people named Robichaux in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 125,252 Americans. That is up 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,337.

#12,560
rank among US surnames
2,465
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
+5.5%
change since 2000 (was #12,221)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#12,554Crotts2,467125,150
#12,557Pathak2,466125,201
#12,560Randles2,465125,252
#12,565Yandell2,464125,303
#12,566Naples2,463125,353

Who is named Robichaux

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

91% of people named Robichaux identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 91%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 5.1%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
  • Two or more races 1.6%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Robichaux

Robichaux has the Soundex code R122, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R122.

Other French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Robichaux come from?
Borrowed from French Robichaux.
How common is the surname Robichaux?
2,465 people in the United States had the surname Robichaux in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 125,252 Americans. It ranked 12,560th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Robichaux?
In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Robichaux identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Robichaux getting more or less common?
More common. 2,337 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,465 in 2010, up 5.5%.