The Lessard surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 5,348 people carried this name — #5,927 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 50,500 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 372 people named Lessard.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Côtes-d’Armor.
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 print
Lessard in American newspapers,
1889–1956.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,395 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Lessard,
with a public archive behind them.
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François-Louis Lessard 1860–1927 · military officer -
Prosper-Edmond Lessard 1873–1931 · politician -
John Lessard 1920–2003 · composer -
Marcel Lessard 1926–2023 · politician -
Michel Lessard 1942–2022 · screenwriter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 116 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lessard.
- Lesieur 533 · U.S. census
- Lesniak 2,541 · U.S. census
- Lesniewski 928 · U.S. census
- Leson 118 · U.S. census
- Lesperance 2,714 · U.S. census
- Lespinasse 229 · U.S. census
- Lesser 3,649 · U.S. census
- Lestage 357 · U.S. census
- Lester 43,919 · U.S. census
- Lestrade 107 · U.S. census
- Lesueur 1,059 · U.S. census
- Lesure 1,194 · U.S. census
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