The Levesque surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,490 people carried this name — #3,146 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 25,600 people counted. That is up 3% from 11,111 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Levesque surname
A surname from French, equivalent to English Bishop.
From French Lévesque.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Levesque» (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 2,347 people named Levesque.
21 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 72 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
20 people named Levesque live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Levesque.
- Leven 609 · U.S. census
- Levene 607 · U.S. census
- Leveque 1,455 · U.S. census
- Lever 2,135 · U.S. census
- Levere 320 · U.S. census
- Levert 845 · U.S. census
- Levet 189 · U.S. census
- Levi 7,500 · U.S. census
- Levier 601 · U.S. census
- Levigne 159 · U.S. census
- Levin 19,144 · U.S. census
- Levine 33,637 · U.S. census
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