Lesage Surname
Approximately 29,218 people bear this surname
Lesage Surname User-submission:
This is a French surname, meaning 'wise man'. It is derived from the word sage, meaning 'wise', sometimes with 'the' at the start, typically le).
Lesage Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 20,919 | 1:3,175 | 212 |
| Canada | 3,490 | 1:10,557 | 1,588 |
| United States | 2,491 | 1:145,507 | 15,024 |
| Belgium | 1,455 | 1:7,901 | 1,095 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Netherlands | 74 | 1:228,205 | 30,213 |
| Haiti | 69 | 1:154,839 | 6,504 |
| England | 66 | 1:844,213 | 44,691 |
| French Polynesia | 49 | 1:5,731 | 1,283 |
| Germany | 47 | 1:1,712,882 | 99,068 |
| Australia | 41 | 1:658,432 | 45,385 |
| Honduras | 35 | 1:251,898 | 2,491 |
| New Caledonia | 26 | 1:10,624 | 2,723 |
| Austria | 20 | 1:425,772 | 43,235 |
| Nicaragua | 20 | 1:301,054 | 3,003 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Thailand | 17 | 1:4,155,197 | 336,594 |
| Switzerland | 17 | 1:483,113 | 34,678 |
| Brazil | 17 | 1:12,592,608 | 246,358 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Czechia | 16 | 1:664,592 | 62,292 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| Mexico | 15 | 1:8,275,080 | 36,578 |
| Spain | 13 | 1:3,596,310 | 69,669 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Luxembourg | 5 | 1:116,108 | 6,306 |
| Chile | 5 | 1:3,523,295 | 39,650 |
| Mauritius | 4 | 1:323,354 | 10,053 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 170 | 1:295,404 | 23,539 |
Lesage (195) may also be a first name.
Lesage Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This is a French surname, meaning 'wise man'. It is derived from the word sage, meaning 'wise', sometimes with 'the' at the start, typically le).
- deleted-173293Lesage Demographics
Average Male Lesage Height
177 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Lesage Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lesage Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lesage is more frequently found in France than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lesage? popularity and diffusion
Lesage is the 18,856th most commonly used surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 249,420 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 77 percent of Lesage reside; 77 percent reside in Western Europe and 73 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 649,894th most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 195 people.
Lesage is most frequent in France, where it is borne by 20,919 people, or 1 in 3,175. In France it is most frequent in: Hauts-de-France, where 26 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 17 percent are found and Normandy, where 13 percent are found. Aside from France this surname exists in 71 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 12 percent are found and The United States, where 9 percent are found.
Lesage Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Lesage has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 1,465 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 733 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Lesage Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Lesage surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Lesage surname are 8.69% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 55.46% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Lesage earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 49.06% more than the national average, earning R 354,216 per year; in United States they earn 8.38% more than the national average, earning $46,766 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.87% less than the national average, earning $43,786 CAD per year.
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