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
Héroux is more commonly found in Canada than any other country or territory. It can be found as: Heroux. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Héroux? popularity and diffusion
Héroux is the 924,083rd most frequently occurring surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 25,480,930 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Héroux live; 98 percent live in North America and 93 percent live in Gallo-North America.
The surname Héroux is most widely held in Canada, where it is borne by 278 people, or 1 in 132,538. In Canada Héroux is mostly found in: Quebec, where 95 percent reside, Ontario, where 4 percent reside and Alberta, where 0 percent reside. Excluding Canada this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in France, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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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