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 surname Lesage occurs in France more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Lesage click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lesage? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 18,856th most frequent last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 249,420 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 77 percent of Lesage are found; 77 percent are found in Western Europe and 73 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. Lesage is also the 649,894th most widely held first name on earth, held by 195 people.
It is most commonly used in France, where it is borne by 20,919 people, or 1 in 3,175. In France Lesage is mostly concentrated in: Hauts-de-France, where 26 percent live, Île-de-France, where 17 percent live and Normandy, where 13 percent live. Barring France this last name is found in 71 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 12 percent live and The United States, where 9 percent live.
Lesage Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Lesage has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 1,465 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 733 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Lesage Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Lesage surname are 8.69% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 55.46% registered with 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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