The Lemay surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 8,320 people carried this name — #3,924 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 32,500 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 836 people named Lemay.
26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 47 départements, most often Nord.
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 39 people named Lemay 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 West Flanders.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Lemay,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pamphile LeMay 1837–1918 · writer -
Paul Lemay 1853–1939 · engineer -
René-Pamphile Lemay 1870–1915 · architect -
J.-Arthur Lemay 1899–1944 · caricaturist -
Jérôme Lemay 1933–2011 · actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 102 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lemay.
- Lemaire 2,721 · U.S. census
- Lemaitre 373 · U.S. census
- Leman 1,302 · U.S. census
- Lemann 101 · U.S. census
- Lemar 1,016 · U.S. census
- Lemarie 108 · U.S. census
- Lemberger 602 · U.S. census
- Lemel 116 · U.S. census
- Lemelle 879 · U.S. census
- Lemenager 213 · U.S. census
- Lemer 328 · U.S. census
- Lemere 811 · U.S. census
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