Gendreau surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Gendreau surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,057 people carried this name — #14,505 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 142,900 people counted. That is up 5% from 1,955 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 732 people named Gendreau.

10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 47 départements, most often Vendée.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 10
Vendée 181
Dordogne 51
Charente-Maritime 49
Maine-et-Loire 47
Vienne 47
Saône-et-Loire 36
Paris 33
Deux-Sèvres 33

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Gendreau in American newspapers,
1899–1924.

Newspaper page from San Antonio Light carrying the name Gendreau
San Antonio Light 1924-03-17
Newspaper page from Bellows Falls Times carrying the name Gendreau
Bellows Falls Times 1899-03-22
Newspaper page from The Washington Herald carrying the name Gendreau
The Washington Herald 1916-04-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,341 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Gendreau,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Pierre-Marie Gendreau
    Pierre-Marie Gendreau 1850–1935 · Catholic priest
  • Philip D. Gendreau 1894–1979 · photographer
  • Gilles Gendreau 1926–2010 · psychologist
  • Monique Chemillier-Gendreau 1935– · jurist
  • Andrée Gendreau 1943– · curator
  • Michèle Gendreau-Massaloux 1944– · official

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Gendreau is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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