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Cajun surnames
Posted on 2/5/22 at 11:30 am
Posted on 2/5/22 at 11:30 am
What are the most common? As an outsider, it feels like everyone is a Landry or Landreau.
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Posted on 2/5/22 at 11:31 am to Bamafig
Never heard Landreau
Posted on 2/5/22 at 11:32 am to Bamafig
Fontenot where I grew up.
Posted on 2/5/22 at 11:33 am to Bamafig
Smith
Jones
Washington
All very common Cajuns...walk up to anyone with this last name and embrace them as a brother from Acadiana
Jones
Washington
All very common Cajuns...walk up to anyone with this last name and embrace them as a brother from Acadiana
Posted on 2/5/22 at 11:34 am to Bamafig
Meh bruh, Est-ce que au moins tu Mayeaux, Gremmillion or Lemoine?
Posted on 2/5/22 at 11:36 am to Bamafig
Bordeaux & Thibodaux much, Bruh?
Posted on 2/5/22 at 11:36 am to Potchafa
Guidry
Posted on 2/5/22 at 11:36 am to Bamafig
Up in Maine a few years back my gf's last name was Thibodeau. And yes it was spelled like that.
Posted on 2/5/22 at 11:36 am to Bamafig
There is a difference between CAjun and French. Cajun is specific to the diaspora from Acadie (now part of Nova Scotia)
Also not that a lot of supposedly French names are actually German but slightly changed They come mostly from along the Mississippi River
Here is the list of actual Cajun surnames
LINK
Also not that a lot of supposedly French names are actually German but slightly changed They come mostly from along the Mississippi River
Here is the list of actual Cajun surnames
LINK
Posted on 2/5/22 at 11:37 am to Bamafig
Fontenot, Beauchamps, Trahan. Bergeron is another, pronounced bahjerahn. I happen to have one that's pretty uncommon.
Posted on 2/5/22 at 11:39 am to Bamafig
Theriot, Boudreaux, Leblanc.
Posted on 2/5/22 at 11:39 am to Bamafig
Burreaux seems to be getting more popular every day.
Posted on 2/5/22 at 11:40 am to Bullfrog
quote:Uhhhh......
Bordeaux
Posted on 2/5/22 at 11:42 am to Bamafig
Herbert
Posted on 2/5/22 at 11:43 am to Bamafig
There’s a whole Parish named Vidrine.
Posted on 2/5/22 at 11:43 am to Bamafig
Savoie
Posted on 2/5/22 at 11:47 am to Them
Couvillion
Posted on 2/5/22 at 11:49 am to Bamafig
It depends on which region you're in. Surnames in the prairie region will be different than the ones in the bayou region. With some being common in both regions. Then there's also the cajuns along the river in between BR and Nola.
some of the common ones in my experience in Acadiana are: Fontetnot, Trahan, Hebert, Boudreaux, Dugas, Richard, Savoie and Gautreaux. I'm sure there's others that I could point out in a lineup but off top I am drawing a blank.
some of the common ones in my experience in Acadiana are: Fontetnot, Trahan, Hebert, Boudreaux, Dugas, Richard, Savoie and Gautreaux. I'm sure there's others that I could point out in a lineup but off top I am drawing a blank.
This post was edited on 2/5/22 at 11:50 am
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