# Trudeau (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/trudeau/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from French; variant forms Troudeau, Troudo, Trudau, Trudaux, Trudeaux, Trudo, Trutau, Trutaux, Truteau, Truteaux.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,697 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,032 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 54,194 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.3% (5,463 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /tɹuˈdoʊ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from French Trudeau.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Trudeau 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Trudeau in Canada and the United States.

## People named Trudeau

- Justin Trudeau, 23rd prime minister of Canada from 2015 to 2025
- Garry Trudeau, American cartoonist (born 1948)

## Similar surnames

Treat, Truett, Tirado, Trout, Truitt, Treadway, Theriot, Trott, Threatt, Tart, Trotta, Troutt.

## 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.