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SURNAMES
By the time of the first census in 1671, there
were 47 Acadian surnames (that left descendants). Many of today's
Acadian-Cajuns go back to these families. These earliest Acadian
settlers to leave descendants are in the following table.
If you click on the name, you will be taken to a page dedicated
to that surname.
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| AUCOIN | BOURGEOIS | DAIGLE | GIROUARD | MARTIN | RIMBAUT |
| BABIN | BREAU | d'ENTREMONT | GRANGER | MELANCON | ROBICHAU |
| BELIVEAU | BRUN | DOUCET | GUILBAUT | MORIN | SAVOIE |
| de BELLISLE | CAISSY | DUGAS | HEBERT | PELLERIN | TERRIAU |
| BERTRAND | COMEAU | DUPEUX | LANDRY | PETITPAS | THIBODEAU |
| BLANCHARD | CORMIER | FORET | LANOUE | PITRE | TRAHAN |
| BOUDREAU | CORPORON | GAUDET | LATOUR | POIRIER | VINCENT |
| BOURG | CYR | GAUTEROT | LEBLANC | RICHARD | |
| NOTE: These are just beginning to take shape. I plan to have the genealogy for the first couple of generations, basic information on the family, and links to relevant sites on the family. Information will appear gradually. If you have something to contribute, please let me know. | |||||
Some of these, such as Aucoin, Blanchard, Boudreau, Bourg, Breau, Comeau, Gaudet, Girouard, Hebert, LaTour, Martin, and Terriau, had already branched off into 2 or more families. Also, there were some surnames where the family either moved, died off, or left no male sons to pass on the surname, such as Poulet, Gougeon, Labatte, Pesseley, LeFebvre, and Blou. Though not on the census, there were also LaTours and Bellisles (LeBorgnes) in Acadia.
It seems that 60 more colonists (55 men, 5 women) arrived in 1671. Since
only 36 new surnames appear in the 1686 census, some of them may have left
Acadia by that time. In addition, 6 of the names that appeared in
the 1686 census never showed up again; these 6 names are: Cochu, Cottard,
Desorcis, Dubreuil, Fardel, and Martil. Here are the 30 surnames
that appear in the 1686 census and apparently stayed for a while.
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| ARSENAULT | BENOIT | GAREAU | LABAUVE | LEPRINCE | MIRANDE |
| AUBIN-MIGNAULT | BERGERON | GODIN
DIT CHATILLON |
LAGASSE | LEVRON | PINET |
| BARILLOT | BLOU | GOURDEAU | LAVALLEE | LORT | PREJEAN |
| BASTARACHE | BROUSSARD | HENRY | LAPIERRE | MERCIER | RIVET |
| BELLEFONTAINE | DOUARON | LABARRE | LAPIERRE
DIT LAROCHE |
MICHEL | TOURANGEAU |
From 1686 to 1710, less than 100 new colonists came to Acadia.
Most were soldiers who had been stationed in the area. The 1714 census
shows 77 new names in Acadia.
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| ALARD | CARRE | DUMONT | LAMONTAGNE | MAISONNAT | SAINT-SCENE |
| ALLAIN | CHAMPAGNE | DUPUIS | LANGLOIS | MANCEAU | SAMSON |
| BABINEAU | CHAUVERT | EMMANUEL | LAURIER | MOUTON | SAVARY |
| BARNABE | CHIASSON | L'ESPERANCE | LAVERGNE | MOYSE | SIMON |
| BEAUMONT | CLEMENCEAU | GENTIL | LEBASQUE | NUIRAT | SURETTE |
| BERNARD | COSSE | GOUSILLE | LEBRETON | OLIVIER | THIBEAU |
| BIDEAU | DAMBOUE | GUERIN | LEGER | ONDY | TOUSSAINT |
| BLONDIN | DAROIS | HERPIN | LEMAISTRE | PARIS | VECO |
| BOISSEAU | DENIS | JASMIN | LEMARQUIS | PARISIEN | VIGNEAU DIT MAURICE |
| BOUCHER | DESAULNIERS | LAFONT | LESSOILE | POTHIER | VILATTE |
| BOUTIN | DEVAUX | LALANDE | LONGUEPEE | RAYMOND | VOYER |
| BRETON | DONAT | LALIBERTE | LYONNAIS | ROSSETTE | YVON |
| CADET | DUBOIS | LAMBERT | MAILLARD | ROY | |
DIT NAMES
Sometimes a person would take on another name, based on where they were from, their job, a friend or relative's name, etc. One case in which this happened is with Roger Caissy. Some of his descendants used the surname Caissy dit Roger. Somewhere down the line, some of his descendants used the Roger part and just disregarded the Caissy part. So you have the Cajun surname Roger that actually descends from Caissy. Other descendants continued using the Caissy name. Bob Quintin wrote a book on the subject, The "Dit" Name: French-Canadian Surnames -- Aliases, Adulterations, and Anglicizations in 1993. It covers 33,000+ dit names. It also talks about how some French names were turned into their English equivalents ... LeBlanc became White, Doiron became Gold, etc.
A list of
Acadian names at the time of the Exile was compiled by Ms.
Brenda Dunn, of the Canadian Parks Service for the Grand Pre National Historic
Site. This list may not be complete. For example, it lists only one variation
of some names (Benoit dit Labriere, Hebert dit Manuel, etc.), when the
original name is much more common (but left out)..
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Abbadie, de Saint-Castin d' Allain Amirault dit Tourangeau Angou dit Choisy Apart Arcement Arnaud Arosteguy Arceneau Aubois Aucoin Ayot Babin Babineau dit Deslauriers Barillot Barolet Bastarache dit (Le) Basque Bastien Belliveau dit Bideau dit Blondin Belou Benoit dit Labriere Bergereau Bergeron d'Amboise dit Nantes Bernard Berrier dit Machefer Bertaud dit Montaury Bertrand Bezier dit Touin dit Lariviere Blanchard Blanchard dit Gentilhomme Bodard Boisseau dit Blondin Bonnevie dit Beaumont Bonniere Borel Boucher dit Desroches Boudrot Bourg Bourgeois Boutin Brassaud Brasseur dit Mathieu Breau Broussard Brun Bugaret Bugeaud Buisson Buote Buteau Cahouet Caissy dit Roger Calve dit Laforge Carre Celestin dit Bellemere Cellier dit Normand Chauvet Chenet dit Dubreuil Chesnay dit Lagarenne Chiasson dit La Vallee Chouteau dit Manseau Clemenceau Cloistre Coignac Comeau Cormier dit Bossigaol dit Thierry Corne Corporon Coste Coitard Cousin Crepaux Creysac dit Toulouse Cyr Daigre D'Amours de Chauffours de Chignancour de Frencuse de Louviere de Plaine Daniel Darois David dit Pontif Delisle Denis Denys de Fransac Derayer Deschamps dit Cloche Desgoutins Desmoillons Despres Deveau dit Dauphine Dingle Doiron Domine dit Saint Sauveur Doucet dit Laverdure dit Lirlandois dit Mayard Druce Dubois Dubois dit Dumont Dufaut Dugas Duguay Duon dit Lyonnais Duplessis Dupuis Egan Flan Fontaine dit Beaulieu Forest Forton Fougere Fournier Froiquingont Gadrau Galerne Galle Garceau dit Boutin dit Richard dit Tranchemontagne Gareau Gaudet Gauterot Gauthier Gentil Giboire Duverge dit Lamotte Girouard Gise dit Desrosiers Godin dit Beausejour dit Bellefeuille dit Bellefontaine dit Boisjoli dit Catalogne dit Chatillon dit Lincour dit Preville dit Valcour Gosselin Gourdeau Gousman Gouzille Grandmaison (Terriot dit Guillot dit) Granger Gravois Grosvalet Guedry dit Grivois dit Labine dit Labrador dit Laverdure Gueguen Guenard Guerin Guerin dit Laforge Guy dit Tintamarre Guyon Hache dit Gallant Hamel Hamet Hamon Hebert dit Manuel Helys dit Nouvelle Henry dit Robert Hensaule Heon Heuse Hugon |
Jeanson Joseph Kimine LaBarre Labat, dit Le Marquis, de LaBauve LaChaume LaCroix LaLande dit Bonappetit Lambert Lambourt Landron Landry Langlois Lanoue LaPierre dit La Roche LaVache Lavergne LaVigne Lebert dit Jolycoeur LeBlanc LeBlanc dit Jasmin LeBorgne de Belisle LeClerc dit Laverdure Lecul Leger dit La Rozette LeJeune dit Briard LeJuge LeMarquis dit Clermont LeMire LeNeuf de Beaubassin de Boisneuf de LaValliere L'Enfant LePoupet de Saint Aubin LePrieur dit Dubois LePrince Leroy L'Eschevin dit Billy LeVanier dit Langevin Levasseur dit Chamberlange Levron dit Nantois Loiseau Long Longuepee Loppinot Lord dit LaMontagne Lucas Maffier Maillet Maisonnat dit Baptiste Malboeuf Mangeant dit Saint Germain Marcadet Marchand dit Poitiers Marres dit LaSonde Martel Martin Martin dit Barnabe Masse Massie Mathieu Maucaire Mazerolle dit Saint Louis Melanson dit Laverdure dit LaRamee Mercier dit Caudebec Messaguay Meunier Michel dit LaRuine Migneau dit Aubin Mignier dit Lagasse Mirande Mius d'Azit Mius d'Entremont de Plemarais de Pobomcoup Monmellian dit Saint Germain Mordant Morin dit Boucher Morpain Moulaison dit Rencontre Mouton Moyse dit Latreille Naquin dit L'Etoile Nogues Nuirat Olivier Onel (O'Neale) Orillon dit Champagne Oudy Ozelet Part Pellerin Petitot dit Saint Sceine Petitpas Pichot Picot Pincer Pinet Pitre dit Marc Poirier Poitevin dit Cadieux dot Parisien Poitier Porlier Poujet dit Lapierre Poupart Prejean dit LeBreton Pretieux Pugnant dit Destouches Racois dit Desrosiers Raymond Renaud dit Provencal Richard Richard dit Sansoucy dit Beaupre dit Boutin dit Lafont Rimbeau Rivet Robichaud dit Cades dit Niganne dit Prudent Rodohan Rodrigue dit deFonds Rousse dit Languedoc Roy dit LaLiberte Rullier Saindon Saint Etienne de LaTour, de Saint Julien de LaChaussee, de Samson Saulnier dit Lacouline Sauvage dit Forgeron dit Chrystophe Savary Savoie Semer Serreau de Saint Aubin Sicot Simon dit Boucher Soulard Soulevent Surette Tandau Terriot Testard dit Parish Thebeau Thibault Thibodeau Tillard Tourneur Toussaint dit Lajeunesse Trahan Triel dit LaPerriere Turcot Turpin dit LaGiroflee Vallois Vescot Viger Vigneau dit Maurice Villatte Vincent dit Clement Voyer |
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According to the 1990
U.S. Census, some of the most common Acadian surnames (in the U.S.)
today are as follows. The number shows the rank (ie.
the most common surname, SMITH, is #1, etc.) relative to all 85,000+
surnames.
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NOTE: Some names (MARTIN, RICHARD, etc.) are not
purely of Acadian descent.
Also, this isn't a complete list; I've left some out.
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