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    The surname Lebeau

    A French surname, carried by 4,958 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L100

    Lebeau: #6,801 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lebeau #6,801, 4,958 people Lebeau: #6,801 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lebeau #6,801, 4,958 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lebeau is more common than 95.8% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    From French Lebeau.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,958 people named Lebeau in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,272 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,744.

    #6,801
    rank among US surnames
    4,958
    people in 2010
    1.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.5%
    change since 2000 (was #6,588)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #6,796Steelman4,96462,197
    #6,798Silvas4,96362,209
    #6,799Hostetter4,96062,247
    #6,801Shim4,95862,272
    #6,805Ballenger4,95662,297

    Who is named Lebeau

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    82% of people named Lebeau identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 5.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 82%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 8.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Lebeaus

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Joseph Lebeau
      Belgian politician (1794-1865)
    • Bettina Le Beau
      Actress, model (1936–2015)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lebeau

    Lebeau has the Soundex code L100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L100.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lebeau come from?
    From French Lebeau.
    How common is the surname Lebeau?
    4,958 people in the United States had the surname Lebeau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,272 Americans. It ranked 6,801st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lebeau?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Lebeau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
    Who is the most famous person named Lebeau?
    Joseph Lebeau, Belgian politician (1794-1865), followed by Bettina Le Beau.
    Where is the surname Lebeau most common?
    Wikidata records people named Lebeau in Belgium.
    Is the surname Lebeau getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,744 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,958 in 2010, up 4.5%.