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

Family Name / Last Name: Rougeau
No. of characters: 7
Origin: France
Meaning:

A variation of Roger. A personal name, unknown here before the Conquest. Many persons called Roger, and Rogerus, occur as tenants in Domesday. From it are formed Rogers, Rodgers, Rogerson, etc., and from its name, Hodge, we get Hodges, Hodgson, Hodgkin, Hotckin, Hotchkins, Hotchkiss, Hodgkinson, Hoskins, Hodd, Hodson, Hudson. The Norman patronymical form is Fitz-Roger, and the Welsh, Ap-Roger, now Prodger.

Surname is a variation of Rouge. The red.

A variation of Rogers. The son of Roger meaning "fame, spear".

Surname is a form of Rodgers. See Rogers - See Roger - A personal name, unknown here before the Conquest. Many persons called Roger, and Rogerus, occur as tenants in Domesday. From it are formed Rogers, Rodgers, Rogerson, etc., and from its name, Hodge, we get Hodges, Hodgson, Hodgkin, Hotckin, Hotchkins, Hotchkiss, Hodgkinson, Hoskins, Hodd, Hodson, Hudson. The Norman patronymical form is Fitz-Roger, and the Welsh, Ap-Roger, now Prodger

The family of Rogers of Home, in Shropshire, are a cadet of the Norburys of Norbury in that county. In 7. Edward II, Roger de Norbury, son of Philip, and grandson of Roger de Norbury, had a grant of the estate of Home. His son took the name of Rogers, and his posterity under that appellation have ever since resided at Home. B.L.G.

The family of Rogers, of Wisdome, county of Devon, baronets, claim to be descended from John Rogers, prebendary of St. Paul's, the first victim of the Marian persecution.

How popular is Rougeau?

Rougeau is common in United States, Canada, France.

Rougeau is ranked 201487 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Rougeau bearers increased by 3.61 per cent in 2010 US census to 804 since 2000, the surname slipped by 547 spots and ranked at 29403. The last name was found in around 3 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 67.04 69.2
Black 26.87 27.45
Others 3.11 2.32
Hispanic or Latino 2.24 0.9
Rougeau is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Canada. Around 2068 people have been found who wears Rougeau as their family name. Rougeau have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Rougeau:
24,560 United States1,393
Countries with hundreds of Rougeau:
9,595 Canada425
42,384 France241

Immigrants to US

From Germany

37 years old merchant A. Rougeau who was residing in France migrated to USA on October 26, 1877 by France put out from Havre & Plymouth. U-Mr Rougeau, aged 50, are others that migrated to US.

Rougeau Namesakes

  • Jacques Rougeau, Jacques Rougeau Jr
  • Raymond Rougeau, of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500
  • Armand Rougeau, Canadian former professional wrestler
  • Jean Rougeau, professional wrestler

Rougeau Namesakes

  • Jacques Rougeau, Jacques Rougeau Jr
  • Raymond Rougeau, of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500
  • Armand Rougeau, Canadian former professional wrestler
  • Jean Rougeau, professional wrestler

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