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

The Leu surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,183 people carried this name — #12,911 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 123,500 people counted.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

2,908 people named Leu live in Switzerland.

They live in all 26 of Switzerland’s cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 561
Bern 434
Schaffhausen 421
Aargau 301
Lucerne 278
Basel-Landschaft 130
Thurgau 127
St. Gallen 111

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.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 305 people named Leu.

13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 13
Pas-de-Calais 97
Oise 31
Nord 29
Somme 28
Paris 22
Calvados 16
Manche 15
Nièvre 5

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

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