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

Laurenceau, 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 Laurenceau surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Laurenceau in America

Laurenceau is the 80926th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Laurenceau surname appeared 234 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 Laurenceau.

We can also compare 2010 data for Laurenceau 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 Laurenceau

The surname LAURENCEAU originated in France during the medieval period. It is derived from the given name Laurent, which itself comes from the Latin name Laurentius, meaning "from Laurentum" - an ancient city of Latium.

The name LAURENCEAU emerged as a diminutive form of Laurent, with the addition of the French suffix "-eau". This suffix was commonly used to create surnames from given names or nicknames during the Middle Ages.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the LAURENCEAU name can be found in the records of the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris, dating back to the 13th century. This suggests that the name may have originated in the Île-de-France region, where Paris is located.

In the 14th century, the name LAURENCEAU appeared in the Cartulaire de Redon, a collection of medieval charters from the Redon Abbey in Brittany. This indicates that the name had spread to other regions of France by that time.

During the Renaissance period, a notable bearer of the LAURENCEAU surname was Jean Laurenceau, a French poet born in Poitiers around 1520. His works, including "Les Epigrammes" and "Les Mascarades", were published posthumously in the late 16th century.

Another prominent figure was Jacques Laurenceau, a 17th-century French painter and engraver. He was born in Paris around 1620 and is known for his religious paintings and engravings, some of which can be found in the collections of the Louvre Museum.

In the 18th century, the LAURENCEAU name appeared in the records of the Château de Versailles, where François Laurenceau worked as a gardener during the reign of King Louis XV.

The 19th century saw the birth of Élie Laurenceau, a French lawyer and politician from Poitiers. He served as a member of the National Assembly during the Third Republic and was involved in the drafting of the 1905 law on the separation of church and state.

In more recent times, the name LAURENCEAU has been associated with the French writer and philosopher Jean-Philippe Laurenceau, born in 1952. His works explore themes of existentialism and human relationships in contemporary society.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Laurenceau

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

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

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