The Le surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 110,967 people carried this name — #277 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,660 people counted. That is up 43% from 77,453 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,427 people named Le.
Most of them — 1,277 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 40 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,037 people named Le live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 504 people named Le live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
405 people named Le have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 2,306 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 11 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
4,337 people named Le are counted in Norway, Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Le in American newspapers,
1885–1920.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,019,588 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Le,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ivan Le 1895–1978 · writer -
Hieu Van Le 1954– · governor -
Dai Le 1968– · politician -
Francesca Le 1970– · actor -
Cung Le 1972– · screenwriter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 52 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Le.
- Lazzarini 373 · U.S. census
- Lazzaro 2,547 · U.S. census
- Lazzaroni 119 · U.S. census
- Lazzarotto 134 · U.S. census
- Lazzeri 241 · U.S. census
- Lazzerini 118 · U.S. census
- Lea 9,180 · U.S. census
- Leal 35,958 · U.S. census
- Leandre 454 · U.S. census
- Leandri 124 · U.S. census
- Leandro 1,306 · U.S. census
- Leard 1,170 · U.S. census
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