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re: Most Common Cajun Surnames
Posted on 3/29/26 at 10:22 am to Missouri Waltz
Posted on 3/29/26 at 10:22 am to Missouri Waltz
My mom was a Bourgeois from St Landry parish.
Posted on 3/29/26 at 11:39 am to Missouri Waltz
Guerin
Patin
Voisin
Patin
Voisin
Posted on 3/29/26 at 2:45 pm to Missouri Waltz
I had a great grandfather
PIERRE GABRIEL
I always thought how cool
PIERRE GABRIEL
I always thought how cool
Posted on 3/29/26 at 3:09 pm to Missouri Waltz
I used to do a payroll for a drilling company, the employee base was about 400 and almost all Cajuns. About 80% of the names were A-L, Aucoin, Alleman to Lasseigne, Ledet and Leblanc.
Posted on 3/29/26 at 3:14 pm to andouille
Sometimes it seems like there’s more Cajun names than others. I hear a new one all the time.
Hard to believe Hebert is #1
Hard to believe Hebert is #1
Posted on 3/29/26 at 3:34 pm to Missouri Waltz
I grew up in south Louisiana and have known people with all 20 of the names on the list.
Posted on 3/29/26 at 7:58 pm to Missouri Waltz
I know several black Heberts that aren’t related.
Posted on 3/29/26 at 8:41 pm to Missouri Waltz
If my name is on that list but I was born and raised in New Orleans, am I still a Cajun?
Posted on 3/29/26 at 8:49 pm to Rouxdee
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Do you personally know someone or used to know someone from all 20 surnames on the list? I’m 18-20. Don’t personally know a Thibodeaux or a Benoit.
I don’t think I know a Cormier.
Posted on 3/29/26 at 9:23 pm to Missouri Waltz
Lol they used a picture of Eddie thibodaux
Posted on 3/29/26 at 11:58 pm to Missouri Waltz
Fontenot not mentioned lol
Posted on 3/30/26 at 12:16 am to Missouri Waltz
I'm 1 of 20, but I am from Alabama. A Bergeron from Bayou La Batre. But I did know Crum Schambeau back in the day.. Do I get extra credick?
Posted on 3/30/26 at 8:36 am to kook
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I would have said Guidry
We are a solid top 5.
Posted on 3/30/26 at 8:46 am to Missouri Waltz
Gosh, I know someone with each of those last names….crazy.
Posted on 3/30/26 at 8:51 am to Missouri Waltz
In Southern Lafourche Parish I can say with 1000% certainty that Cheramie is #1 down here followed by Guidry.
Posted on 3/30/26 at 9:15 am to Tarpon08
Hebert blood here. Also, a little surprised that my other bloodline side, Foret did not make the list.
Posted on 3/30/26 at 10:42 am to Hamma1122
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Fontenot not mentioned lol
It's mentioned but Fontenot is a Colonial French name not associated with the Cajuns. The Fontenots were here not too long before the Cajuns showed up arriving in the River Parishes at the end of the French and Indian war.
Posted on 3/30/26 at 10:45 am to Hamma1122
Double post
This post was edited on 3/30/26 at 10:47 am
Posted on 3/30/26 at 10:52 am to Missouri Waltz
It seems like every 3rd person in Evangeline and St. Landry parish is a Fontenot and just about every person has Fontenot blood in them.
I had a class at LSUE with around 60 ppl in it.
We had 9 Fontenot’s and only 2 were knowingly 3rd cousins or closer.
I had a class at LSUE with around 60 ppl in it.
We had 9 Fontenot’s and only 2 were knowingly 3rd cousins or closer.
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