The Arceneaux surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,818 people carried this name — #5,924 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 50,800 people counted. That is up 7% from 5,428 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Arceneaux surname

A surname from French, common among Cajuns and Louisiana Creoles.

Borrowed from Louisiana French Arceneaux.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Arceneaux» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Arceneaux in American newspapers,
1910–1928.

Newspaper page from The Washington Tribune carrying the name Arceneaux
The Washington Tribune 1928-11-10
Newspaper page from The Nashville Globe carrying the name Arceneaux
The Nashville Globe 1910-05-13
Newspaper page from The Daily Ardmoreite carrying the name Arceneaux
The Daily Ardmoreite 1917-11-18

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,183 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Arceneaux,
with a public archive behind them.

  • George Arceneaux, Jr.
    George Arceneaux, Jr. 1928–1993 · judge
  • George Arceneaux 1895–1986 · horticulturist
  • Stacey Arceneaux 1936–2015 · basketball player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Arceneaux,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States171 records

171 records of the Arceneaux name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 131
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 34
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Edgar Arceneaux

    Born 1920 in Louisiana. Enlisted 1942 at Houston, Texas; waiter from Galveston County, Texas. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Herbert John Arceneaux

    Born 1946; from New Orleans, Louisiana. U.S. Army, indirect fire infantryman; died of wounds 1967 in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Numa Arceneaux

    U.S. Army veteran of the Civil War. Born 1835, died 1870; buried at Arceneaux Cemetery, Rayne, Louisiana.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 171 records for Arceneaux in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Arceneaux name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Margaret Arceneaux

    Died 1868 in Cheticamp, Inverness, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Celive Arceneaux

    Born 1870 in Cheticamp, Inverness, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Joseph Arceneaux

    Born 1875 in Cheticamp, Inverness, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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