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Early Origins of the Caouette family

The surname Caouette was first found in Touraine.

Early History of the Caouette family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Caouette research. Another 85 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1411, 1419, 1523, 1593, 1622, 1669, 1702, 1744, 1747, 1767, 1775, 1777 and 1779 are included under the topic Early Caouette History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Caouette Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Choin, Chouin, Choine, Choisne, Choinet, Choiniere, Choinière, Choisnet, Choisnel, Choinard, Choisnard, Chouan, Chouanard, Chouard, Chouet, Chouette and many more.

Early Notables of the Caouette family

Notable at this time was P. Chouard, who was a lawyer in Rouen in 1593. Of the Chouet family were two councillors at the Parliament of Bretagne in 1622; the Chouard families of Guinimonière, Riardais, Porte Chouard, Bourbouseul, and Garoulaye were given noble status of ancient extraction in 1669. Marie-Emile de Joly de Choin was the daughter of Pierre, state councillor of the duke of Savoy; the Chouard or Chouart line fixed in Hautout, Sahurs, Val de la Haye in the seventeenth century, is represented in Paris. Louis-Albert de Joly de Choin was bishop of Toulon in 1702. A...
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Caouette Ranking

In the United States, the name Caouette is the 15,248th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. [1] However, in Quebec, Canada, the name Caouette is ranked the 469th most popular surname. [2]

Migration of the Caouette family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: 300 individuals of the lineage who arrived from France onto Canadian shores between 1600 and 1900. The Chouan family, originally from Paris, settled in Canada with Guillaume Chouan, born in 1732.


Contemporary Notables of the name Caouette (post 1700) +

  • Jonathan Caouette (b. 1973), American Gotham Award nominated film director, writer, editor and actor
  • Armand Caouette (1945-2010), Canadian politician, Member of the Canadian Parliament for Villeneuve (1974-1979)
  • Gilles Caouette (1940-2009), Canadian politician, Member of the Canadian Parliament for Charlevoix (1972-1974)
  • David Réal Caouette (1917-1976), Canadian politician, Leader of the Ralliement Créditiste (1963-1971), Leader of the Social Credit Party of Canada (1971-1976)


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. "The first 1,000 family names by rank, Quebec (in French only)" Institut de la statistique du Quebec, https://statistique.quebec.ca/en/document/family-names-in-quebec/tableau/the-first-1000-family-names-by-rank-quebec


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