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The Langevin surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,825 people carried this name — #11,193 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 104,200 people counted. That is up 1% from 2,801 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Langevin surname

Rebracketing of l'Angevin.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Langevin» (French), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,683 people named Langevin.

6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 62 départements, most often Manche.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 6
Manche 180
Paris 172
Sarthe 138
Calvados 137
Seine-Maritime 122
Mayenne 115
Loire-Atlantique 103
Maine-et-Loire 84

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Langevin in American newspapers,
1896–1949.

Newspaper page from Svenska Monitoren carrying the name Langevin
Svenska Monitoren 1902-05-09
Newspaper page from The Sun carrying the name Langevin
The Sun 1911-12-03
Newspaper page from The Frontier carrying the name Langevin
The Frontier 1949-03-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,619 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Langevin,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jean Langevin
    Jean Langevin 1821–1892 · Catholic priest
  • Edmond Langevin
    Edmond Langevin 1824–1889 · Catholic priest
  • Hector-Louis Langevin
    Hector-Louis Langevin 1826–1906 · lawyer
  • Adélard Langevin
    Adélard Langevin 1855–1915 · Catholic priest
  • Paul Langevin
    Paul Langevin 1872–1946 · physicist

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 103 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Langevin is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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