The Levasseur surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,404 people carried this name — #7,550 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 67,100 people counted. That is up 3% from 4,292 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Levasseur surname
From French Le Vasseur.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Levasseur» (English), 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 5,119 people named Levasseur.
38 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 83 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
37 people named Levasseur live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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 print
Levasseur in American newspapers,
1902–1924.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,098 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Levasseur,
with a public archive behind them.
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René-Nicolas Levasseur 1707–1784 · shipbuilder -
Thérèse Levasseur 1721–1801 · lingère -
René Levasseur 1747–1834 · politician -
Rosalie Levasseur 1749–1826 · opera singer -
Nicolas Levasseur 1791–1871 · opera singer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 93 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Levasseur.
- Leuenberger 726 · U.S. census
- Leurquin 184 · U.S. census
- Leva 956 · U.S. census
- Levan 4,564 · U.S. census
- Levant 361 · U.S. census
- Levas 134 · U.S. census
- Leve 300 · U.S. census
- Levee 439 · U.S. census
- Leveille 2,017 · U.S. census
- Level 673 · U.S. census
- Leven 609 · U.S. census
- Levene 607 · U.S. census
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