Index: First Nations Surname Lists | Canada

 

If you are trying to determine which surnames have been used by First Nations, Inuit and Metis individuals in Canada, then there are several steadily growing resources that may interest you on this site.

 

Surnames I’ve come across

in census, marriage records or other reputable sources – 

 

Iroquois Confederacy

List of Metis Surnames of Ontario

Six Nations – Modern

Wabanaki Confederacy

 

 

Surnames in census records organized by Nation – 

 

Abenaki (Eastern)

Algonquin (Eastern CDN)

Cree, Cri

Innu Montagnais

Iroquois Confederacy

Maliseet Malecite, Wolastoqiyik

Mi’kmaq Mi’gmaq (Micmac, Mi’gmaw)

Ojibway Ojibwe, Chippewa, Saulteaux

Sioux, Dakota Lakota, Stoney, Assiniboine

 

 

Surnames and their variations in marriage records – 

Main Index: Native – First Peoples – Metis  [Canadian Marriage Extracts]