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The surname Robicheaux

A French surname, carried by 1,211 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex R122

Robicheaux: #21,553 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Robicheaux #21,553, 1,211 people Robicheaux: #21,553 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Robicheaux #21,553, 1,211 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Robicheaux is more common than 86.7% of them.

Origin

French origin

From Cajun French Robicheaux.

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 1,211 people named Robicheaux in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 254,951 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,198.

#21,553
rank among US surnames
1,211
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+1.1%
change since 2000 (was #20,565)

Who is named Robicheaux

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

80% of people named Robicheaux identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 80%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 15%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
  • Two or more races 1.2%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Robicheaux

Robicheaux 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 Robicheaux come from?
From Cajun French Robicheaux.
How common is the surname Robicheaux?
1,211 people in the United States had the surname Robicheaux in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 254,951 Americans. It ranked 21,553rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Robicheaux?
In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Robicheaux identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Robicheaux getting more or less common?
More common. 1,198 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,211 in 2010, up 1.1%.