# Leveque (surname)

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

A surname from French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,455 |
| US rank (2010) | 18,819 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 212,196 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.4% (1,368 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Anglicized spelling of French Lévêque.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Leveque 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) | 79% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Leveque in France.

## People named Leveque

- Louis de Vilmorin, botanist (1816-1860)

## Similar surnames

Levesque, López, Lopes, Lovejoy, Livesay, Lepage, Lipsey, Lipps, Laubach, Luebke, Levis, Lipka.

## 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.