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

Ducheneaux, 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 Ducheneaux surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Ducheneaux in America

Ducheneaux is the 55505th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Ducheneaux surname appeared 370 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 Ducheneaux.

We can also compare 2010 data for Ducheneaux to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Ducheneaux

The surname DUCHENEAUX is of French origin and dates back to the 12th century. It is derived from the Old French words "du" meaning "of" and "chesneau" which referred to a grove of oak trees or a small oak forest. The name likely originated in the northern regions of France where oak trees were abundant.

The earliest recorded instances of the DUCHENEAUX surname can be found in medieval French census records and land deeds, often spelled as "Duchesneau" or "du Chesneau". One notable example is a Seigneur Jean Ducheneaux, a landowner in the Normandy region during the 13th century.

In the 14th century, the DUCHENEAUX name appeared in the Armorial Général, a French registry of coats of arms, indicating that the family had established a certain level of nobility and status.

During the 16th century, a branch of the DUCHENEAUX family emigrated to the French colonies in North America, where the name was sometimes anglicized to "Duchene" or "Duchesnay". Jacques Duchesneau, born in 1639 in Poitou, France, was one of the early settlers in New France and served as the Intendant of New France from 1675 to 1682.

Another notable figure was Pierre Ducheneaux, a French explorer and fur trader who was active in the Great Lakes region of North America in the late 17th century. He is credited with establishing several trading posts and building relationships with Native American tribes.

In the 18th century, a prominent DUCHENEAUX was François-Xavier Ducheneaux, a French aristocrat and soldier who fought in the American Revolutionary War as an officer in the Continental Army. He was born in 1745 and died in 1807.

The DUCHENEAUX name has also been associated with various places in France, such as the commune of Duchesnay in the Eure-et-Loir department, which likely derived its name from the surname.

Over the centuries, the DUCHENEAUX surname has been found in various records and documents across France, as well as in the French colonies in North America, reflecting the family's history and migration patterns.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Ducheneaux

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

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 Ducheneaux 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.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Ducheneaux has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

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 Ducheneaux was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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