The Pineau surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 857 people carried this name — #27,974 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 344,800 people counted. That is up 6% from 808 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Pineau surname
A French surname, Pineau.
Most prevalent in Western France, particularly Maine-et-Loire and Vendée.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Pineau» (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 7,513 people named Pineau.
34 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 91 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
57 people named Pineau live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 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.
Who carried it
People named Pineau,
with a public archive behind them.
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Louis-Marie Pineau 1842–1921 · missionary -
Marie Pineau 1610–
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Nicolas Pineau 1684–1754 · architect
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Dominique Pineau 1718–1786 · architect
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Louis Auguste Octave Pineau 1833– · official
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Ferdinand Pineau 1849–1924 · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pineau.
- Pina 25,293 · U.S. census
- Pinard 1,721 · U.S. census
- Pinault 352 · U.S. census
- Pince 172 · U.S. census
- Pinchon 146 · U.S. census
- Pinchot 268 · U.S. census
- Pineault 337 · U.S. census
- Pineda 60,820 · U.S. census
- Pinel 384 · U.S. census
- Pinelli 824 · U.S. census
- Pinero 2,585 · U.S. census
- Pinet 374 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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