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

The Letourneau surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,818 people carried this name — #6,961 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 61,300 people counted. That is up 5% from 4,597 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Letourneau surname

From French Létourneau.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Letourneau» (English), 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 1,067 people named Letourneau.

13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 57 départements, most often Sarthe.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 13
Sarthe 186
Loiret 125
Paris 122
Saône-et-Loire 97
Maine-et-Loire 81
Cher 59
Yvelines 44
Loire-Atlantique 29

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 84 people named Letourneau live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 59
Río Negro 25

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Letourneau in American newspapers,
1902–1919.

Newspaper page from La Prensa carrying the name Letourneau
La Prensa 1919-11-16
Newspaper page from La Prensa carrying the name Letourneau
La Prensa 1919-11-11
Newspaper page from The St. Louis Republic carrying the name Letourneau
The St. Louis Republic 1902-01-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,980 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Letourneau,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Charles Letourneau
    Charles Letourneau 1831–1902 · writer
  • George R. Letourneau
    George R. Letourneau 1833– · politician
  • Claude Letourneau 1791–
  • Joseph Letourneau 1820–
  • R. G. LeTourneau 1888–1969 · inventor
  • Jeanne Letourneau 1895–1979 · teacher

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

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Letourneau.

When the index is not enough

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