Le Houérou, Le Huérou, Le Huërou or Le Houërff is a surname of Breton origin.

Le Houérou as written in the Catholicon derives from c'hwerv which means bitter in Breton.

Notable people with this surname Annie Le Houérou, French MP and mayor of Guingamp Cathy Le Houérou, French basketball player who played for Pays d'Aix Basket 13, Pleyber-Christ, Saint-Brieuc Henri-Noël Le Houérou, French biologist, plant collector and specialist of North African ecosystems, recipient of the Order of Agricultural Merit in 1991 Joël Le Houérou, French badminton player who won the 1963 French National Badminton Championships with Yves Corbel and Vice-champion of France veterans in 1986 with Christian Badou Philippe Le Houérou, Vice President for the World Bank’s South Asia Region Pierre-Paul Le Houérou, vicar of Saint-Eutrope (Plougonven) in 1791 who refused to take the oath of fidelity to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy Hervé Le Goff, "les prêtres du diocèse de Tréguier pendant la Révolution", 2008 sur saintbrieuc-treguier.catholique.fr Jean Kérisel (born Jean Lehuérou Kérisel), French engineer and Egyptologist.

References

External links Registres paroissiaux et d'état civil (Image 129) from the Archives départementales des Côtes d'Armor Le Huérou Kerisel Familyl on GeneaNet