How common is the surname Lemaire?

2,931 people in the United States had the surname Lemaire in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,338 Americans. It ranked 10,871st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Lemaire?

Charles LeMaire, American costume designer (1897–1985).

Where is the surname Lemaire most common?

Wikidata records people named Lemaire in the United States.

Is the surname Lemaire getting more or less common?

More common. 2,721 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,931 in 2010, up 7.7%.

The surname Lemaire

A French surname, carried by 2,931 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L560

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lemaire is more common than 93.3% of them.

Origin

French origin

Borrowed from French Lemaire.

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 2,931 people named Lemaire in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 105,338 Americans. That is up 7.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,721.

#10,871

rank among US surnames

2,931

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+7.7%

change since 2000 (was #10,762)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,866	Owsley	2,932	105,302
#10,871	Helmuth	2,931	105,338
#10,880	Midgett	2,930	105,374

Who is named Lemaire

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

90% of people named Lemaire identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lemaires

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charles LeMaire
American costume designer (1897–1985)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lemaire

Lemaire has the Soundex code L560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L560.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Lemaire come from?: Borrowed from French Lemaire.
How common is the surname Lemaire?: 2,931 people in the United States had the surname Lemaire in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,338 Americans. It ranked 10,871st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lemaire?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Lemaire identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Lemaire?: Charles LeMaire, American costume designer (1897–1985).
Where is the surname Lemaire most common?: Wikidata records people named Lemaire in the United States.
Is the surname Lemaire getting more or less common?: More common. 2,721 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,931 in 2010, up 7.7%.