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The lareau Surname

lareau Name Meaning and History

Canadian French: unexplained. Bearers of the name have transformed it variously into Laraue, De La Raue, Larue (‘the street’), L’Heureux (‘the happy one’), which becomes Lowry, and L’Héraut (‘the herald’).

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Distribution of lareau Families in the US in 1920
Number of lareau families
 19-35
 7-18
 1-6
 0
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