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    The surname Levesque

    A French surname, carried by 11,490 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L120

    Levesque: #3,146 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Levesque #3,146, 11,490 people Levesque: #3,146 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Levesque #3,146, 11,490 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Levesque is more common than 98.1% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    From French Lévesque.

    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 11,490 people named Levesque in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,871 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,111.

    #3,146
    rank among US surnames
    11,490
    people in 2010
    3.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.4%
    change since 2000 (was #2,982)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,137Nielson11,51126,822
    #3,138Cary11,50626,833
    #3,140Ruelas11,50526,836
    #3,141Grigsby11,50126,845
    #3,142Maciel11,50026,847
    #3,144Steffen11,49426,861
    #3,145Blalock11,49326,864

    Who is named Levesque

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

    94% of people named Levesque identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Levesque

    Levesque 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 Levesque come from?
    From French Lévesque.
    How common is the surname Levesque?
    11,490 people in the United States had the surname Levesque in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,871 Americans. It ranked 3,146th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Levesque?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Levesque identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Levesque getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,111 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,490 in 2010, up 3.4%.