The Barreau surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 342 people carried this name — #59,171 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is up 20% from 286 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 4,885 people named Barreau.
37 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 86 départements, most often Vendée.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 32 people named Barreau live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Namur.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Barreau,
with a public archive behind them.
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Gaston Barreau 1883–1958 · association football coach -
Kathleen Doreen Pauling d. 1966
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François Dominique Barreau de Chefdeville 1725–1765 · architect
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François Barreau 1731–1814 · sculptor
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Louis Barreau de La Touche 1758–1792 · religious
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Alexandrine Rose „Liberté“ Barreau 1771–1843 · military personnel
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Barreau.
- Barran 316 · U.S. census
- Barranco 2,808 · U.S. census
- Barrand 289 · U.S. census
- Barranger 149 · U.S. census
- Barras 2,512 · U.S. census
- Barre 2,205 · U.S. census
- Barreda 1,034 · U.S. census
- Barreira 436 · U.S. census
- Barreiro 2,125 · U.S. census
- Barrera 60,998 · U.S. census
- Barrere 312 · U.S. census
- Barrero 704 · U.S. census
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