The Theriault surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,855 people carried this name — #5,894 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 50,500 people counted. That is up 3% from 5,671 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Theriault surname

From Thierry, with the ending -ault common to several names of Poitou-Charentes (Jean Tosti, Les noms de famille).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (fr.wiktionary.org, the French edition) — entry «Thériault», by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · translated from French and condensed.

In print

Theriault in American newspapers,
1912.

Newspaper page from The Day Book carrying the name Theriault
The Day Book 1912-06-22
Newspaper page from The Wallace Miner carrying the name Theriault
The Wallace Miner 1912-07-18
Newspaper page from The Wallace Miner carrying the name Theriault
The Wallace Miner 1912-07-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,505 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Theriault,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Raynold Theriault 1936–2015 · politician
  • Paul Theriault 1950–2024 · ice hockey player
  • Harold Theriault 1953–2026 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · 6 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Theriault,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States670 records

670 records of the Theriault name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 351
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 222
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 68
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 15
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 9
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Laurier E. Theriault

    Born 1917 in Massachusetts. Enlisted 1943 at Boston; store manager from Essex County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Greenlawn Cemetery, Salem, Massachusetts.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Harry Everett Theriault

    Born 1949; from Rumford, Maine. U.S. Army, light air defense artillery crewmember; killed in action 1969 in Long An, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Joseph E. Theriault

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1885, died 1955; buried at Central Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery, King, Wisconsin.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 670 records for Theriault in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada797 records

797 records of the Theriault name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 755
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 23
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 7
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 5
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 4
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 3
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Wilfred Theriault

    Killed in 1916 at the Scotia Mine, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Joseph Alyre Theriault

    Buried in 1999 at Mount Hermon Cemetery, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, aged 64.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Frederick Merlin Theriault

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 797 records for Theriault in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

New Zealand1 record

1 record of the Theriault name in New Zealand War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record P. Theriault

    New Zealand Machine Gun Corps. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

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