The Croteau surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,525 people carried this name — #7,361 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 65,400 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (4,534).
What the name means
The meaning of the Croteau surname
A habitational surname, Croteau.
Capitalization of croteau
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Croteau» (French), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 98 people named Croteau.
Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Eure-et-Loir.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Croteau in American newspapers,
1917–1923.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,357 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Croteau,
with a public archive behind them.
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John Tougas Croteau 1910– · writer
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Jacques Croteau 1921–2013 · priest
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Michel Noël 1922–1993 · actor
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Jean-Jacques Croteau 1930–2025 · politician
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Denis Croteau 1932– · Catholic priest
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Rodney B. Croteau 1945– · researcher
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Croteau.
- Crosetti 168 · U.S. census
- Crosland 1,195 · U.S. census
- Cross 77,557 · U.S. census
- Crosse 368 · U.S. census
- Crosson 3,085 · U.S. census
- Crosta 226 · U.S. census
- Crotti 129 · U.S. census
- Crouchet 143 · U.S. census
- Croy 4,018 · U.S. census
- Croze 109 · U.S. census
- Crozier 4,541 · U.S. census
- Crucet 129 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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