The Rateau surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 195 people carried this name — #88,461 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,464 people named Rateau.
13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 71 départements, most often Paris.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 29 people named Rateau 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 East Flanders.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rateau.
- Rastelli 319 · U.S. census
- Rastello 121 · U.S. census
- Rat 118 · U.S. census
- Rata 128 · U.S. census
- Ratajczak 1,211 · U.S. census
- Ratajczyk 377 · U.S. census
- Ratel 137 · U.S. census
- Rath 6,135 · U.S. census
- Ratte 393 · U.S. census
- Ratti 845 · U.S. census
- Rattin 128 · U.S. census
- Ratto 1,131 · U.S. census
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