Tourangeau

See also: tourangeau

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Tourangeau.

Proper noun

Tourangeau (plural Tourangeaus)

1. A surname from French.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tourangeau is the 41728^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 521 individuals. Tourangeau is most common among White (93.09%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Tourangeau”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu.ʁɑ̃.ʒo/

Noun

Tourangeau m (plural Tourangeaux, feminine Tourangelle)

1. native or inhabitant of Tours, the prefecture of the Indre-et-Loire department, Centre-Val de Loire, France (usually male)
2. (historical) native or inhabitant of Touraine, a former province of central France (usually male)
3. native or inhabitant of Touraine, a neighbourhood of the city of Gatineau, Quebec, Canada (usually male)