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

Husereau, 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 Husereau surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Husereau in America

Husereau is the 154907th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Husereau surname appeared 105 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 Husereau.

The history of the last name Husereau

The surname HUSEREAU originated in France during the late 16th century. It is a locational name derived from the French place name Husereaux, a hamlet near the town of Bressuire in the Poitou region of western France. The name likely comes from the Old French words "husser" meaning to shout or call out, and "reau" a diminutive suffix, suggesting the name may have referred to someone who shouted or called out loudly.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the HUSEREAU name appears in the parish records of St-Gilles-les-Bois, in the Côtes-d'Armor region of Brittany, France, in 1598. The record mentions a Jean HUSEREAU, who was born in that year. Another early reference is found in the baptismal records of the town of Niort in Poitou, where a Jacques HUSEREAU was baptized in 1612.

During the 17th century, several members of the HUSEREAU family were recorded in the nearby town of Thouars, also in Poitou. This includes a Michel HUSEREAU, born in 1632, and a Jeanne HUSEREAU, born in 1648. These records suggest the name was well-established in this region of western France by the 1600s.

In the late 17th century, a branch of the HUSEREAU family migrated to the French colony of Acadia (present-day Maritime provinces of Canada). One of the earliest settlers was Pierre HUSEREAU, who was born in France around 1670 and settled in Port Royal, Acadia (now Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia) in the 1690s. His descendants went on to establish a significant HUSEREAU presence in Acadian communities throughout Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

Another notable figure with the HUSEREAU surname was Jean-Baptiste HUSEREAU, a French military officer born in 1720 in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire. He served in the French army during the Seven Years' War and later fought alongside the American colonists during the American Revolutionary War, where he achieved the rank of brigadier general.

In the 19th century, a prominent member of the HUSEREAU family was Eugène HUSEREAU, a French novelist and playwright born in 1836 in Paris. He wrote several successful plays and novels during his career, including the popular work "La Famille Gogo" published in 1877.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Husereau

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

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

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