The Ledoux surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,058 people carried this name — #5,725 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 48,800 people counted. That is up 4% from 5,827 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 4,974 people named Ledoux.
70 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 88 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 880 people named Ledoux 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 Hainaut.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
42 people named Ledoux 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
Ledoux in American newspapers,
1880–1918.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 14,357 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Ledoux,
with a public archive behind them.
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Claude Nicolas Ledoux 1736–1806 · architect -
Jeanne-Philiberte Ledoux 1767–1840 · painter -
Charles Ledoux 1837–1927 · engineer -
Albert Reid Ledoux 1852–1923 · mining engineer -
Jacquette Ledoux d. 1690
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Louis Ledoux 1616–1667 · architect
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ledoux.
- Ledet 4,725 · U.S. census
- Ledig 113 · U.S. census
- Ledin 618 · U.S. census
- Ledo 701 · U.S. census
- Ledogar 114 · U.S. census
- Ledon 331 · U.S. census
- Leduc 4,518 · U.S. census
- Ledy 137 · U.S. census
- Lee 693,023 · U.S. census
- Leeman 2,653 · U.S. census
- Lees 5,502 · U.S. census
- Lefaivre 196 · U.S. census
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