The Maisonneuve surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 346 people carried this name — #58,604 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is up 42% from 244 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Maisonneuve surname
A surname from French, equivalent to English Newhouse.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Maisonneuve» (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 2,597 people named Maisonneuve.
26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 82 départements, most often Loire-Atlantique.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
28 people named Maisonneuve live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Maisonneuve,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mademoiselle Doligny 1746–1823 · stage actor -
Pascal-Désir Maisonneuve 1863–1934 · sculptor -
Yvonne Maisonneuve 1903–1980 -
François Maisonneuve 1744–1813 · politician
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Adrien Perret-Maisonneuve 1866–1937 · lawyer
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Auguste Maisonneuve 1883– · sport cyclist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Maisonneuve.
- Mainville 765 · U.S. census
- Maio 1,862 · U.S. census
- Maiorana 1,060 · U.S. census
- Maire 627 · U.S. census
- Mais 738 · U.S. census
- Maison 707 · U.S. census
- Maitre 514 · U.S. census
- Maiz 176 · U.S. census
- Maj 470 · U.S. census
- Majcher 605 · U.S. census
- Majchrzak 709 · U.S. census
- Majer 483 · U.S. census
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