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Ancient French historical documents reveal Anjou as the origin of the name Aucoin. Aucoin was a name for a person who lived at the corner of a street or village. This name is composed of the Old French word au, which means to the and coin, which means corner.
The surname Aucoin was first found in Anjou, a former county, duchy and province centered on the city of Angers in the lower Loire Valley of western France where they held a family seat.
By the 15th century a branch of this mountain family branched into Forez with new lands and opportunities. In the mid-16th century, in return for their services to the King, country and community, the family were awarded lands in St. Croix in the province of Burgundy, where they are recorded as a family of landed gentry with lands, estates and manor.
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French surnames were subject to numerous spelling alterations depending on the region and time it was used. The early development of the French language relied heavily on borrowing elements and grammar from other languages. For example, Old French was infused with Germanic words and sounds when barbarian tribes invaded and settled in France after the fall of the Roman Empire. Middle French also borrowed heavily from the Italian language during the Renaissance. As a result of these linguistic and cultural influences, the name Aucoin is distinguished by a number of regional variations. The many spelling variations of the name include Aucoin, Aucon, Aucin, Aucoins, Aucouin, Aucoing, Aucoi, Aucoit, Aucoy, Aucoie, Aucois, Auccoin, Auccon, Auccin, Auccoins, Auccoing, Auccoi, Auccoit, Auccoy, Auccoie, Auccois, Ocoin, Ocon, Ocin, Ocoins, Ocoing, Ocoi, Ocoit, Ocoy, Ocoie, Ocois, Occoin, Occon, Occin, Occoins, Occoing, Occoi, Occoit, Occoy, Occoie and many more.
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In the United States, the name Aucoin is the 5,209th most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 1 However, in Newfoundland, Canada, the name Aucoin is ranked the 767th most popular surname with an estimated 55 people with that name. 2
Migration from France to New France or Quebec as it was now more popularly called, continued from France until it fell in 1759. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec. By the same year the Acadian presence in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island had reached 500. In the treaty of Utrecht, the Acadians were ceded by France to Britain in 1713. In 1755, 10,000 French Acadians refused to take an oath of allegiance to England and were deported. They found refuge in Louisiana. In 1793, the remaining French in these provinces came under British rule. Meanwhile, in Quebec, the French race flourished, founding in Lower Canada, one of the two great solitudes which became Canada. Many of this distinguished family name Aucoin were prominent in social, cultural, religious and political affairs in France and New France. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Aucoin were
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: