# Lejeune (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/lejeune/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,544 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,172 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 55,690 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.2% (5,423 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ləˈʒœn/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from French Lejeune, from le + jeune, inherited from Middle French jeune. From Middle French le, from Old French le, from Latin illum, from ille. From Old French juene, juefne, from Vulgar Latin *iŏvenem, from Latin iuvenem.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lejeune in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lejeune in Belgium.

## People named Lejeune

- Alexandre Louis Simon Lejeune, Belgian botanist (1779 - 1858)
- Rita Lejeune, Belgian philologist (1906–2009)
- Émile Lejeune, Belgian football player (1938–2024)
- Eddy Lejeune, Belgian motorcycle racer

## Similar surnames

Lawson, Logan, Lozano, Lujan, Luciano, Ligon, Laguna, Lakin, Lezama, Lazcano, Lizama, Licon.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.