Lévêque Surname
Approximately 444 people bear this surname
Lévêque Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 289 | 1:229,836 | 35,639 |
| Belgium | 75 | 1:153,289 | 21,368 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 28 | 1:229 | 49 |
| Switzerland | 26 | 1:315,881 | 24,844 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Levêque (269), Lévèque (33), Léveque (11), Lévéque (3), Lèvêque (1), Leveque (21,940), Levéque (8) & Levèque (8) are calculated separately.
Lévêque Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lévêque Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lévêque is borne by more people in France than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Levêque, Lévèque, Léveque, Lévéque, Lèvêque, Leveque, Levéque or Levèque. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lévêque? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 672,867th most frequently held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,413,392 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 89 percent of Lévêque live; 88 percent live in Western Europe and 87 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
The last name Lévêque is most frequent in France, where it is held by 289 people, or 1 in 229,836. In France it is mostly found in: Île-de-France, where 38 percent reside, Hauts-de-France, where 12 percent reside and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account France Lévêque exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 17 percent reside and Saint Pierre and Miquelon, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Levêque | 95 | 269 | / |
| Lévèque | 95 | 33 | / |
| Léveque | 95 | 11 | / |
| Lévéque | 95 | 3 | / |
| Lèvêque | 95 | 1 | / |
| L'évêque | 93 | 1 | / |
| Lévêsque | 93 | 1 | / |
| Leveque | 90 | 21,940 | / |
| Levéque | 90 | 8 | / |
| Levèque | 90 | 8 | / |
| Lévesque | 80 | 1,202 | / |
| L'evêque | 80 | 6 | / |
| Lévaique | 80 | 2 | / |
| Lévecque | 80 | 1 | / |
| Levêcque | 80 | 1 | / |
| Levêsque | 80 | 1 | / |
| Levique | 71 | 3 | / |
| Liveque | 71 | 0 | / |
| Levesque | 67 | 64,845 | / |
| Levecque | 67 | 842 | / |
| Lesveque | 67 | 51 | / |
| L'Eveque | 67 | 43 | / |
| Levaique | 67 | 26 | / |
| Levisque | 67 | 4 | / |
| Leveaque | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lévec | 67 | 1 | / |
| Levezque | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lesvèque | 67 | 1 | / |
| Levésque | 67 | 1 | / |
| Livesque | 67 | 0 | / |
| Levicque | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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- 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 Lévêque
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