Carreau: Surname History and Family Crest

Official name counts are where our Carreau file begins. 294 Americans were listed as Carreau in the 2010 census. Between 1891 and 2000, 2,826 babies born in France were registered as Carreau, with the most births in 1961–1970. Births ran at 152 in 1891–1900 and 239 in 1991–2000. Spelling in old records was loose, so search for Carreau under several forms. Standard surname dictionaries do not settle the origin of Carreau, so we research it family by family rather than guess.

Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Carré, Carra and Correa.

If a Carreau family bore arms, our report explains whose they were and what the blazon shows. Want more than a summary? See the Carreau family name pack.