The Lemaitre surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 411 people carried this name — #50,771 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. That is up 10% from 373 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Lemaitre surname
A surname from French, equivalent to English Masters.
From French Lemaître Literally, “the master”.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Lemaitre» (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 9,598 people named Lemaitre.
74 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 91 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 620 people named Lemaitre 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
47 people named Lemaitre live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 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.
Who carried it
People named Lemaitre,
with a public archive behind them.
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Cornelis Lemaitre 1776–1776 · instrument maker
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Édouard Lemaître 1791–1801 · playwright
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Paul Lemaitre 1823– · politician
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Nathanaël Lemaitre 1831–1897 · painter
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Gustav Lemaitre 1839–1903 · actor
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Jean Lemaitre 1934–2025 · physicist
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lemaitre.
- Lelievre 295 · U.S. census
- Lelli 341 · U.S. census
- Lelong 115 · U.S. census
- Leloup 152 · U.S. census
- Lemahieu 182 · U.S. census
- Lemaire 2,931 · U.S. census
- Leman 1,418 · U.S. census
- Lemann 100 · U.S. census
- Lemar 1,080 · U.S. census
- Lemarie 104 · U.S. census
- Lemay 8,471 · U.S. census
- Lemberger 676 · U.S. census
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