Lesquereux Surname

1,385,851st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 158 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Lesquereux Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lesquereux Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland1101:74,6638,769
France291:2,290,439180,028
England71:7,959,723202,100
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
Madagascar41:5,912,4595,394
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Lesquereux Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lesquereux Come From? nationality or country of origin

Lesquereux has its highest incidence in Switzerland. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lesquereux? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,385,851st most frequently held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 46,123,708 people. The surname Lesquereux occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Lesquereux are found; 88 percent are found in Western Europe and 86 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

The last name Lesquereux is most widely held in Switzerland, where it is held by 110 people, or 1 in 74,663. In Switzerland Lesquereux is most numerous in: Republic and Canton of Neuchâtel, where 59 percent reside, Canton of Vaud, where 18 percent reside and Canton of Fribourg, where 13 percent reside. Besides Switzerland this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in France, where 18 percent reside and England, where 4 percent reside.

Lesquereux Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Lesquereux has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name grew 700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lequereux959/
Lesguereux900/
Lekeru6352/
Lekireu59170/
Lekerud5913/
Lekgeru591/
Lekereyo561/
Lecherei561/
Lekheraju535/
Lekweirei531/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Lesquereux
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