How common is the surname Lemieux?

7,567 people in the United States had the surname Lemieux in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,802 Americans. It ranked 4,689th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lemieux?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Lemieux identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Who is the most famous person named Lemieux?

George LeMieux, American politician, followed by Jamilah Lemieux.

Where is the surname Lemieux most common?

Wikidata records people named Lemieux in the United States.

Is the surname Lemieux getting more or less common?

More common. 7,334 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,567 in 2010, up 3.2%.

The surname Lemieux

A French surname, carried by 7,567 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lemieux is more common than 97.1% of them.

Origin

French origin

From French Lemieux and Lémieux.

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 7,567 people named Lemieux in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 40,802 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,334.

#4,689

rank among US surnames

7,567

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+3.2%

change since 2000 (was #4,456)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,686	Bethel	7,573	40,769
#4,687	Pearl	7,570	40,785
#4,688	Timmerman	7,569	40,791
#4,689	Lemieux	7,567	40,802

Who is named Lemieux

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

90% of people named Lemieux identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
American Indian and Alaska Native 3.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lemieuxs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

George LeMieux
American politician, born 1969
Jamilah Lemieux
American columnist, born 1984

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lemieux

Lemieux has the Soundex code L520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L520.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Lemieux come from?: From French Lemieux and Lémieux.
How common is the surname Lemieux?: 7,567 people in the United States had the surname Lemieux in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,802 Americans. It ranked 4,689th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lemieux?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Lemieux identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Who is the most famous person named Lemieux?: George LeMieux, American politician, followed by Jamilah Lemieux.
Where is the surname Lemieux most common?: Wikidata records people named Lemieux in the United States.
Is the surname Lemieux getting more or less common?: More common. 7,334 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,567 in 2010, up 3.2%.