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    The surname Leveque

    A French surname, carried by 1,455 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L120

    Leveque: #18,819 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Leveque #18,819, 1,455 people Leveque: #18,819 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Leveque #18,819, 1,455 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Leveque is more common than 88.4% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    Anglicized spelling of French Lévêque.

    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 1,455 people named Leveque in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 212,196 Americans. That is up 6.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,368.

    #18,819
    rank among US surnames
    1,455
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.4%
    change since 2000 (was #18,588)

    Who is named Leveque

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

    79% of people named Leveque identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 79%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.2%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Leveques

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Louis de Vilmorin
      Botanist (1816-1860)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Leveque

    Leveque has the Soundex code L120, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L120.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Leveque come from?
    Anglicized spelling of French Lévêque.
    How common is the surname Leveque?
    1,455 people in the United States had the surname Leveque in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 212,196 Americans. It ranked 18,819th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Leveque?
    In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Leveque identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Leveque?
    Louis de Vilmorin, botanist (1816-1860).
    Where is the surname Leveque most common?
    Wikidata records people named Leveque in France.
    Is the surname Leveque getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,368 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,455 in 2010, up 6.4%.