The Perreault surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,420 people carried this name — #7,528 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 66,700 people counted. That is up 1% from 4,355 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Perreault surname
This surname is mostly found among French Canadians and Quebecers.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Perreault» (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 103 people named Perreault.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Paris.
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
Perreault in American newspapers,
1913–1925.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,167 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Perreault,
with a public archive behind them.
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Marie-Anne Perreault 1896–1974 · writer
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Jeanette Straughan 1922–2013 · botanical collector
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Jean Perreault 1923–1999 · politician
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Fern Perreault 1927–2021 · ice hockey player
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Jean M. Perreault 1931–2001 · composer
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Bob Perreault 1931–1980 · ice hockey player
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Perreault.
- Perque 144 · U.S. census
- Perra 454 · U.S. census
- Perras 1,181 · U.S. census
- Perrault 3,190 · U.S. census
- Perraut 160 · U.S. census
- Perre 134 · U.S. census
- Perrenoud 375 · U.S. census
- Perret 1,125 · U.S. census
- Perrette 285 · U.S. census
- Perrey 200 · U.S. census
- Perrez 258 · U.S. census
- Perri 4,491 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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