The Lemoine surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,343 people carried this name — #5,484 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 46,500 people counted. That is up 2% from 6,201 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Lemoine surname
A surname originating as an occupation, equivalent to English Monk.
From le + moine (“monk”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Lemoine» (French), 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 16,484 people named Lemoine.
189 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 102 départements, most often Paris.
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 1,273 people named Lemoine 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 334 people named Lemoine live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
93 people named Lemoine live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 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 the Nordic population registers
105 people named Lemoine is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Lemoine in American newspapers,
1869–1953.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,869 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Lemoine,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean Lemoine 1245–1313 · bishop -
Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville 1661–1706 · sailor -
Jean-Baptiste Lemoine de Belle-Isle 1716–1791 · politician -
Jacques-Antoine-Marie Lemoine 1751–1824 · painter
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Marie-Victoire Lemoine 1754–1820 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 172 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lemoine.
- Lemery 781 · U.S. census
- Lemieux 7,567 · U.S. census
- Lemire 3,507 · U.S. census
- Lemmel 215 · U.S. census
- Lemmens 177 · U.S. census
- Lemmer 1,723 · U.S. census
- Lemond 1,172 · U.S. census
- Lemonde 101 · U.S. census
- Lemonier 199 · U.S. census
- Lemonnier 133 · U.S. census
- Lemont 316 · U.S. census
- Lemos 5,147 · U.S. census
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