Lesage surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Lesage surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,919 people carried this name — #14,321 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 140,800 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 8,313 people named Lesage.

97 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 86 départements, most often Nord.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 97
Nord 1,391
Pas-de-Calais 871
Paris 849
Ille-et-Vilaine 373
Seine-Maritime 359
Manche 302
Oise 287
Calvados 286

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 764 people named Lesage 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.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

West Flanders 386
Hainaut 123
Flemish Brabant 54
East Flanders 51
Liège 50
Luxembourg Province 30
Antwerp 23
Brussels-Capital 19

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

44 people named Lesage 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

Vaud 19
Fribourg 8
Valais 6
Solothurn 5
Geneva 3
Zurich 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

When the index is not enough

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