The Lesueur surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,216 people carried this name — #21,483 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 243,900 people counted. That is up 15% from 1,059 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 4,018 people named Lesueur.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 68 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
34 people named Lesueur 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
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.
Who carried it
People named Lesueur,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean-François Le Sueur 1760–1837 · composer -
Charles Alexandre Lesueur 1778–1846 · naturalist -
Charles Alexandre Lesueur 1778–1846 · naturalist
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Jean-Baptiste Lesueur 1794–1883 · architect -
Georges Lesueur 1834–1910 · politician -
Louis Lesueur 1746–1803 · artist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lesueur.
- Lespinasse 281 · U.S. census
- Lessard 5,582 · U.S. census
- Lesser 3,686 · U.S. census
- Lestage 436 · U.S. census
- Lester 44,784 · U.S. census
- Lestrade 145 · U.S. census
- Lesure 1,400 · U.S. census
- Leszczynski 1,319 · U.S. census
- Letang 303 · U.S. census
- Lete 119 · U.S. census
- Letellier 888 · U.S. census
- Letendre 1,815 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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