The Lex surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,006 people carried this name — #23,530 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 270,300 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 51 people named Lex.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Indre-et-Loire.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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
25 people named Lex live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lex.
- Levy 35,464 · U.S. census
- Lewandowski 11,822 · U.S. census
- Lewicki 1,232 · U.S. census
- Lewin 4,659 · U.S. census
- Lewis 509,930 · U.S. census
- Lewkowicz 429 · U.S. census
- Lexa 301 · U.S. census
- Ley 5,380 · U.S. census
- Leyendecker 798 · U.S. census
- Leyes 280 · U.S. census
- Leys 488 · U.S. census
- Leyser 139 · U.S. census
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