Hoarau
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/oaʁo/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Hoarau is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country. In Réunion it is the 14th most common surname. Recorded meaning: Originating from mainland France where it became extinct until recently. (attested 1640s in Menneville, Picardie Province). Now most prevalent in Réunion. Possibly from Dutch or Middle Dutch.
- FRFrance≈1 in 5.4K(inferred from the name graph)
- RERéunion≈1 in 2.8K
- MGMadagascar≈1 in 9K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 258 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.8K (inferred from the name graph)
≈12,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Réunion, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Originating from mainland France where it became extinct until recently. (attested 1640s in Menneville, Picardie Province). Now most prevalent in Réunion. Possibly from Dutch or Middle Dutch.
Sources 1
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Hoarau counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | #219 | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.4K | 3.2K | Hoarau | 258 |
| MG Madagascar | — | ≈3,000 est. | ≈1 in 9K | — | Hoarau | 2 |
| RE Réunion | #14 | ≈290 est. | ≈1 in 2.8K | — | Hoarau | 45 |
| US United States | — | ≈95 est. | ≈1 in 3.5M | listed | Hoarau | 74 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈83 est. | ≈1 in 307K | — | Hoarau | 37 |
| BE Belgium | — | 22 | 1 in 533K | 22 | Hoarau | 14 |
| EE Estonia | — | ≈5 est. | ≈1 in 234K | listed | — | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Élie Hoaraub. 1938FRFrench politician
- Claude Hoaraub. 1942FRFrench politician
- Isabelle Hoaraub. 1955FRFrench writer
- Gélita Hoaraub. 1956FRFrench politician
- Sylvie Hoaraub. 1970FRFrench singer
- Nicolas Hoaraub. 1983FRFrench association football player
- Guillaume Hoaraub. 1984FRFrench footballer (born 1984)
- Ann O'Arob. 1990FRnot in their usual nameRéunionnais singer
- Pauline Hoaraub. 1994FRFrench model
- Gontran Hoarauanimator
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 14 sources across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 3.4K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 3.4K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 3.2K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 3.1K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 3K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 2.2K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 1.8K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 1.4K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 1.2K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 976 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 164 | — |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 22 | #44,792 |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Hoarau mean, and where does it come from?
- Originating from mainland France where it became extinct until recently. (attested 1640s in Menneville, Picardie Province). Now most prevalent in Réunion. Possibly from Dutch or Middle Dutch. Recorded by Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Hoarau?
- A machine transcription gives /oaʁo/ (IPA) for French.
- In which country does Hoarau have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 12 thousand people named Hoarau in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hoarau.
- How common is the name Hoarau?
- In Belgium, the national register counted 22 people named Hoarau in 2008, about 1 in 533 thousand residents.
- How common is Hoarau compared with other names?
- In France, Hoarau is the 219th most common surname of 1,200,812 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hoarau” — the 219th most common surname in France. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.