Lheureux Surname

70,657th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,995 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Belgium

Lheureux Surname Definition:

(French), the Happy. (variant: de Bly and Heilmann.)

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Lheureux Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France3,6151:18,3742,048
United States2,1711:166,95516,932
Belgium9251:12,4291,862
Canada2111:174,62417,463
New Caledonia211:13,1533,514
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
Thailand111:6,421,668407,040
England91:6,190,895170,599
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Burkina Faso21:9,176,05023,741
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

Lheureux (18) may also be a first name.

Lheureux Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(French), the Happy. (variant: de Bly and Heilmann.)

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

User-submitted Reference

Means "the happy one" in French.

- rblosseville

Lheureux Last Name Facts

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

Lheureux is most common in France. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lheureux? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 70,657th most frequently used family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,822 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 65 percent of Lheureux are found; 65 percent are found in Western Europe and 64 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. Lheureux is also the 2,608,198th most commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 18 people.

This last name is most frequently used in France, where it is held by 3,615 people, or 1 in 18,374. In France Lheureux is most common in: Hauts-de-France, where 38 percent live, Île-de-France, where 14 percent live and Normandy, where 14 percent live. Besides France this last name occurs in 22 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 31 percent live and Belgium, where 13 percent live.

Lheureux Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Lheureux has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lheureux surname expanded 12,771 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 900 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lheureux Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Lheureux surname are 13.7% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 66.93% being registered with the political party.

The amount Lheureux earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 4.05% more than the national average, earning $44,895 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.95% less than the national average, earning $44,738 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
L'Heureux946,438/
Lheureuxs941/
Leureux933/
Lheureu932/
Lleureux883/
L'Heureu881/
Liereux801/
Lerex770/
Leroex716/
Leurie715/
Loeroex670/

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