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The Lemieux surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,567 people carried this name — #4,689 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 38,900 people counted. That is up 3% from 7,334 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Lemieux surname

From French Lemieux and Lémieux.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Lemieux» (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 380 people named Lemieux.

5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 5
Seine-Maritime 203
Manche 50
Calvados 41
Côtes-d’Armor 30
Eure 13
Paris 12
Jura 7
Gironde 4

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Lemieux in American newspapers,
1898–1943.

Newspaper page from Daily Independent carrying the name Lemieux
Daily Independent 1898-01-03
Newspaper page from The Washburn Times carrying the name Lemieux
The Washburn Times 1904-08-11
Newspaper page from Omaha Daily Bee carrying the name Lemieux
Omaha Daily Bee 1919-04-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 12,998 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Lemieux,
with a public archive behind them.

  • François-Xavier Lemieux
    François-Xavier Lemieux 1811–1864 · lawyer
  • François-Xavier Lemieux
    François-Xavier Lemieux 1851–1933 · judge
  • Gustave Lemieux
    Gustave Lemieux 1864–1956 · politician
  • Rodolphe Lemieux
    Rodolphe Lemieux 1866–1937 · writer
  • Louis-Joseph Lemieux
    Louis-Joseph Lemieux 1869–1952 · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 160 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Lemieux is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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