Lévesque Surname
Approximately 1,202 people bear this surname
Lévesque Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1,172 | 1:31,438 | 4,089 |
| France | 14 | 1:4,744,480 | 251,814 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
The alternate forms: Levesque (64,845), Lévêsque (1), Levêsque (1) & Levésque (1) are calculated separately.
Lévesque Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lévesque Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lévesque is found most in Canada. It may also be rendered as a variant: Levesque, Lévêsque, Levêsque or Levésque. Click here to see other potential spellings of Lévesque.
How Common Is The Last Name Lévesque? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 312,825th most prevalent family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 6,062,850 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Lévesque reside; 98 percent reside in North America and 95 percent reside in Gallo-North America.
This surname is most common in Canada, where it is borne by 1,172 people, or 1 in 31,438. In Canada Lévesque is most prevalent in: Quebec, where 98 percent live, Ontario, where 1 percent live and New Brunswick, where 1 percent live. Besides Canada it exists in 14 countries. It is also found in France, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Levesque | 96 | 64,845 | / |
| Lévêsque | 96 | 1 | / |
| Léveque | 93 | 11 | / |
| Levêsque | 92 | 1 | / |
| Levésque | 92 | 1 | / |
| Lévecque | 88 | 1 | / |
| Livesque | 88 | 0 | / |
| Lesvesque | 82 | 55 | / |
| Leveesque | 82 | 10 | / |
| Levessque | 82 | 2 | / |
| L'Evesque | 82 | 1 | / |
| Leevesque | 82 | 1 | / |
| Leavesque | 82 | 0 | / |
| Leveque | 80 | 21,940 | / |
| Lévêque | 80 | 444 | / |
| Lévèque | 80 | 33 | / |
| Lévéque | 80 | 3 | / |
| Levesqe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Liveque | 80 | 0 | / |
| Levecque | 75 | 842 | / |
| Lesveque | 75 | 51 | / |
| L'Eveque | 75 | 43 | / |
| Levesgue | 75 | 14 | / |
| Levisque | 75 | 4 | / |
| Leveaque | 75 | 2 | / |
| Lévaique | 75 | 2 | / |
| L'évêque | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lesvèque | 75 | 1 | / |
| Levezque | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lévecq | 71 | 9 | / |
| L'Evecque | 71 | 4 | / |
| Levaisque | 71 | 2 | / |
| Levesq | 71 | 1 | / |
| Leveqe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Levêque | 67 | 269 | / |
| Leveske | 67 | 10 | / |
| Levéque | 67 | 8 | / |
| Levèque | 67 | 8 | / |
| Levegue | 67 | 8 | / |
| Levique | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lèvêque | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- 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 Lévesque
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