How common is the surname Trudeau?

5,697 people in the United States had the surname Trudeau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,194 Americans. It ranked 6,032nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Trudeau?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Trudeau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Trudeau?

Justin Trudeau, 23rd prime minister of Canada from 2015 to 2025, followed by Garry Trudeau.

Where is the surname Trudeau most common?

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

How do you pronounce Trudeau?

Trudeau is /tɹuˈdoʊ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Trudeau getting more or less common?

More common. 5,463 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,697 in 2010, up 4.3%.

The surname Trudeau

A French surname, carried by 5,697 people in the United States.

Pronounced /tɹuˈdoʊ/ 2 syllables Soundex T630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Trudeau is more common than 96.3% of them.

Origin

French origin

Borrowed from French Trudeau.

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 5,697 people named Trudeau in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 54,194 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,463.

#6,032

rank among US surnames

5,697

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+4.3%

change since 2000 (was #5,798)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,029	Lightner	5,701	54,156
#6,030	Riojas	5,699	54,175
#6,031	Monreal	5,698	54,185
#6,032	Trudeau	5,697	54,194

Who is named Trudeau

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

94% of people named Trudeau identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Trudeaus

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Notable Trudeaus come mostly from Canada (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Trudeau

Trudeau has the Soundex code T630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T630.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Trudeau come from?: Borrowed from French Trudeau.
How common is the surname Trudeau?: 5,697 people in the United States had the surname Trudeau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,194 Americans. It ranked 6,032nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Trudeau?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Trudeau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Trudeau?: Justin Trudeau, 23rd prime minister of Canada from 2015 to 2025, followed by Garry Trudeau.
Where is the surname Trudeau most common?: Wikidata records people named Trudeau in Canada and the United States.
How do you pronounce Trudeau?: Trudeau is /tɹuˈdoʊ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Trudeau getting more or less common?: More common. 5,463 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,697 in 2010, up 4.3%.