Find out how popular the last name Alouidor is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Alouidor.

Alouidor, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Alouidor surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Alouidor in America

Alouidor is the 125282nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Alouidor surname appeared 137 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Alouidor.

The history of the last name Alouidor

The surname ALOUIDOR has its origins in the ancient region of Aquitaine in what is now southwestern France. It dates back to the 11th century and is derived from the Old Occitan words "alou" meaning "barn owl" and "idor" meaning "hunter". The name likely referred to someone who hunted barn owls or other birds of prey for a living.

One of the earliest known references to the surname appears in a 12th century legal document from the town of Saint-Émilion, which mentions a "Pierres ALOUIDOR" as a witness. There are also records from the 1300s of an "Émeric ALOUIDOR" serving as a falconer in the court of Edward, the Black Prince of England, who ruled over Aquitaine at the time.

The name spread to other parts of France over the centuries, with variations in spelling such as ALOUIDOUR, ALOUYDOR, and ALLUIDOR. A notable bearer was Jean ALOUIDOR (1512-1587), a renowned falconer and author of one of the earliest known treatises on falconry, "Le Traité des Oiseaux de Proie".

In the 17th century, a branch of the family settled in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti), where they worked as plantation overseers. One of their descendants, François-Marie ALOUIDOR (1722-1806), became a prominent figure in the Haitian Revolution and served as a general in the rebel army led by Toussaint Louverture.

Another notable bearer was Marie-Élisabeth ALOUIDOR (1848-1917), a French ornithologist and one of the first women to be elected to the prestigious National Museum of Natural History in Paris. She published numerous works on the bird species of her native Aquitaine region.

While the surname ALOUIDOR is relatively rare today, it has a rich historical legacy spanning nearly a millennium, from its medieval origins in southwestern France to its later diaspora in the Caribbean and beyond.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Alouidor

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Alouidor.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Alouidor was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Alouidor was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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