Explore the Family Name Courteau

The meaning of Courteau

French: nickname for a man of short stature, from a derivative of the adjective court ‘short, small’. History: Pierre Courteau from Pontaubert in Yonne in Bourgogne, France, married Marie Saint-Denis in Sainte-Famille, Île d’Orléans, QC, in 1691. Some characteristic forenames: French Alphonse, Girard, Ludger, Olivier, Ovila, Stephane.

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How common is the last name Courteau in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, Courteau was the 43,058th most popular surname in 2000 and it fell to the 44,423rd place by 2010, a decrease of 3.17%. The number of people with the surname Courteau increased slightly, from 473 in 2000 to 484 in 2010, an increase of 2.33%. However, relative to the rest of the population, the proportion of people named Courteau per 100k decreased from 0.18 to 0.16, down 11.11%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#43,058	#44,423	-3.17%
Count	473	484	2.33%
Proportion per 100k	0.18	0.16	-11.11%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Courteau

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Courteau also shifted between 2000 and 2010, according to the Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, the majority of individuals with this surname, 96.19%, identified as White, but this percentage dropped to 92.98% by 2010. The percentage of those identifying as Hispanic saw a significant increase, rising from 1.48% in 2000 to 2.69% in 2010, a change of 81.76%. There were also small increases in the percentage of Courteaus identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander and Two or more races, though these numbers were previously suppressed for privacy in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.19%	92.98%	-3.34%
Hispanic	1.48%	2.69%	81.76%
Two or More Races	0%	2.27%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	1.24%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%