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 most common in France. It can occur as a variant: Levêque, Lévèque, Léveque, Lévéque, Lèvêque, Leveque, Levéque or Levèque. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lévêque? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 672,867th most commonly held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 16,413,392 people. The last name Lévêque is primarily found in Europe, where 89 percent of Lévêque live; 88 percent live in Western Europe and 87 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
The surname Lévêque is most commonly held in France, where it is carried by 289 people, or 1 in 229,836. In France it is most prevalent in: Île-de-France, where 38 percent are found, Hauts-de-France, where 12 percent are found and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 11 percent are found. Outside of France this last name exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 17 percent are found and Saint Pierre and Miquelon, where 6 percent are found.
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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