The Lebreton surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 556 people carried this name — #39,555 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted. That is up 15% from 484 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Lebreton surname
A surname, alternative form of Lebreton.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Le Breton» (English), 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 7,099 people named Lebreton.
65 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 84 départements, most often Ille-et-Vilaine.
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
39 people named Lebreton live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 print
Lebreton in American newspapers,
1876–1906.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,773 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Lebreton,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joachim Lebreton 1760–1819 · writer -
Eugène Casimir Lebreton 1791–1876 · military personnel -
Théodore Lebreton 1803–1883 · politician -
Jules Lebreton 1873–1956 · Catholic priest -
Marie Madeleine Lebreton d. 1978 · translator
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Noël Lebreton de Hauteroche 1617–1707 · playwright
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lebreton.
- Leborgne 179 · U.S. census
- Lebourdais 131 · U.S. census
- Lebourgeois 295 · U.S. census
- Lebrasseur 193 · U.S. census
- Lebre 115 · U.S. census
- Lebret 155 · U.S. census
- Lebreux 142 · U.S. census
- Lebrun 3,890 · U.S. census
- Leca 201 · U.S. census
- Lecca 147 · U.S. census
- Lecesne 135 · U.S. census
- Lech 1,336 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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