The Perrault surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,190 people carried this name — #10,095 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 92,600 people counted. That is up 2% from 3,119 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Perrault surname
A French surname, Perrault.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Perrault» (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 2,351 people named Perrault.
26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 72 départements, most often Maine-et-Loire.
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
27 people named Perrault live in Switzerland.
They live in 2 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 25 people named Perrault 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 Flemish Brabant.
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.
In the Nordic population registers
29 people named Perrault is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Perrault in American newspapers,
1911–1914.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,653 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Perrault,
with a public archive behind them.
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Claude Perrault 1613–1688 · writer -
Charles Perrault 1628–1703 · writer -
François Perreaud 1572–1657
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François Perreaud 1577–1657
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Pierre Perrault 1611–1680 · civil servant
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Nicolas Perrault 1611–1662 · theologian
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Perrault.
- Perot 574 · U.S. census
- Perotti 939 · U.S. census
- Perotto 109 · U.S. census
- Perque 144 · U.S. census
- Perra 454 · U.S. census
- Perras 1,181 · U.S. census
- Perraut 160 · U.S. census
- Perre 134 · U.S. census
- Perreault 4,420 · U.S. census
- Perrenoud 375 · U.S. census
- Perret 1,125 · U.S. census
- Perrette 285 · U.S. census
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