Héroux Surname
Approximately 286 people bear this surname
Héroux Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 278 | 1:132,538 | 13,752 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Heroux (5,927) are calculated separately.
Héroux Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Héroux Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Héroux has its highest incidence in Canada. It may appear as a variant: Heroux. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Héroux? popularity and diffusion
The surname Héroux is the 924,083rd most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 25,480,930 people. The last name Héroux occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Héroux reside; 98 percent reside in North America and 93 percent reside in Gallo-North America.
Héroux is most frequently occurring in Canada, where it is carried by 278 people, or 1 in 132,538. In Canada it is most frequent in: Quebec, where 95 percent are found, Ontario, where 4 percent are found and Alberta, where 0 percent are found. Apart from Canada this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in France, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Héroux
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