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The Simoneau surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,090 people carried this name — #14,316 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 140,800 people counted. That is up 4% from 2,003 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Simoneau surname

From Simon + -eau.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Simoneau» (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 369 people named Simoneau.

10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 49 départements, most often Loire-Atlantique.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 10
Loire-Atlantique 42
Paris 37
Vendée 32
Corrèze 25
Yonne 22
Loir-et-Cher 17
Martinique 14
Maine-et-Loire 14

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

21 people named Simoneau 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

Vaud 14
Geneva 7

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 print

Simoneau in American newspapers,
1894.

Newspaper page from The Farmers' Union carrying the name Simoneau
The Farmers' Union 1894-08-23
Newspaper page from The Mitchell Capital carrying the name Simoneau
The Mitchell Capital 1894-09-14
Newspaper page from The Farmers' Union carrying the name Simoneau
The Farmers' Union 1894-08-30

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,134 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Simoneau,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Louis Simoneau 1873–1936 · official
  • Eugène Simoneau 1904–1998 · official
  • Léopold Simoneau 1916–2006 · musician
  • Marc Simoneau 1940–2013 · politician
  • Jean Simoneau 1943– · writer
  • Dominique Simoneau 1947– · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Simoneau.

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