Marleau
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Altération de Merlot, dérivé de merle; surnom d’un chanteur ou siffleur
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 7 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
Marleau is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Canada.
- CACanada
- USUnited States
- GBUnited Kingdom
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Altération de Merlot, dérivé de merle; surnom d’un chanteur ou siffleur.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Dictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
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)- Benoît Marleaub. 1937CACanadian actor (1937–2009)
- Diane Marleaub. 1943CACanadian politician
- Louise Marleaub. 1944CACanadian actress
- Jim Marleaub. 1947USAmerican politician in Michigan (born 1947)
- Denis Marleaub. 1954CACanadian director
- Luc Marleaub. 1956CAphysicist and professor at Université Laval
- Brigitte Marleaub. 1968CACanadian writer and playwright
- Patrick Marleaub. 1979CACanadian ice hockey player
- Marie-Ève Marleaub. 1982CACanadian diver
- Robert MarleauCACanadian public servant
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)13 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 200 | #97,359 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 183 | #98,982 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 179 | #94,676 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 9 | #65,843 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 5 | #67,892 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 4 | #58,563 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 2 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 2 | #363,495 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 1 | #187,248 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Marleau mean?
- Recorded meaning: Altération de Merlot, dérivé de merle; surnom d’un chanteur ou siffleur.
- In which country does Marleau have the most bearers?
- Marleau is most frequently recorded in Canada.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Marleau”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.