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Acadian-Cajun Genealogy: Step by Step Acadian-Cajun Surnames

If you have ancestors from south Louisiana, New England, or the Maritime Provinces of Canada, you may have Acadian-Cajun ancestry. If you have a "French" name in your lineage, it may be Acadian-Cajun. Note that all Cajun names are not Acadian. Some Cajun names come from German, French, French-Canadian, and Spanish settlers who joined in with the Acadian culture of early Louisiana.

Cajun Surnames that may be traced back to Acadia

ARCENEAUX*	AUCOIN	AUTHEMENT*	BABIN	BERGERON*	BOUDREAUX
BOURG	BREAUX	BROUSSARD	COMEAUX	DAIGLE*	DOIRON
DUGAS	FORET	GAUDET	GIROIR	HEBERT	LANDRY
LEBLANC*	MELANCON	MOUTON	NAQUIN	PITRE	RICHARD
ROBICHAUX	SAVOY	THERIOT*	THIBODEAUX*	TRAHAN	VINCENT

Note: Names with an * may also be of another origin.

Here is a sampling of "Cajun" surnames that actually did not originate in Acadia.

BONVILLAIN (French)	CHAUVIN (Fr.-Can.)	DOMINGUE (Spanish)	DUPRE (Fr.-Can.)	HYMEL (German)	LEBOEUF (Fr.-Can.)
LEDET (French)	MARCEL (French)	MATHERNE (German)	OUBRE (German)	TOUPS (German)	WAGUESPACK (German)