Carreau is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Carreau
No. of characters: 7
Origin: France
Meaning: Surname focused in the Sarthe and the Loiret. Its meaning is particularly difficult to define, because the solutions are too numerous: one can think of the crossbow bolt (and therefore one who made it or used it) but also to an ancient agrarian measurement (especially in the West), a rock (prélatine root kar), a keypad, a stone (Latin quadratus). Making a choice is not easy!

How popular is Carreau?

Carreau is common in France.

Carreau is ranked 109891 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Carreaus plummeted by 3.921569 per cent to 294 since 2000 and slipped by 5750 spots and ranked at 67126. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 96.26 96.73
Carreau is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in France which may be its originating country too. Around 3723 people have been found who wears Carreau as their family name. Carreau is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
10,858 Tunisia2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
201,317 England2
91,784 Netherlands2
3,670 Mozambique2
169,904 Brazil1
31,584 Peru1
15,162 Costa Rica1
34,581 Chile1
279,271 Australia1
2,715 Gabon1
81,201 Switzerland1
36,678 Singapore1
2,724 New Caledonia1
38,841 Scotland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
3,830 Luxembourg20
86,938 Spain14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
57,588 Argentina75
29,438 Belgium52
Countries with hundreds of Carreau:
6,619 Canada641
61,237 United States415
Countries with thousands of Carreau:
3,077 France2,486
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Comments

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Estelle Heinecke
 Carreau is a family name that is vocalized form of carrel in old french able to land bridge crossbows nickname meter or artisan manufacturer of crossbows tiles.

Carreau Namesakes

  • Edme Carreau, Politician

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