Levèque is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 8 characters long in length.
Family Name / Last Name: Levèque
No. of characters: 8
Origin: France
Meaning: Common name in France, which can be considered either a nickname given to a person who has a bishop gaits, or possibly as a way to designate one who pays the manorial rights to the bishop (religious episcopus Latin, the episkopos Greek, meaning guard). One can also think of one who was the servant of the bishop. Besides Paris, it is in the Aisne and the Haute-Vienne that the name is the most common.
How popular is Levèque?
Despite the fact that the number of Leveque bearers increased by 6.359649 per cent in 2010 US census to 1455 since 2000, the surname slipped by 231 spots and ranked at 18819. The last name was found in around 5 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.
| Race | 2010 | 2000 |
|---|---|---|
| White | 78.9 | 83.33 |
| Black | 13.2 | 9.14 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 4.19 | 3.22 |
| Others | 1.92 | 3 |
| Asian and Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islander | 1.03 | 0.66 |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.76 | 0.66 |
Levèque Namesakes
- Michel Lévêque, Statesman
- Dorian Lévêque, Soccer player
- Aurélien Levêque, Film producer
- Dorian Lévêque, Soccer player
- Louise Lévêque de Vilmorin, Novelist
- André Lévêque, Engineer
- Alice Lévêque, Handball Player
- Dorian Lévêque, Soccer player
- Louise Lévêque de Vilmorin, Novelist
- Louise Lévêque de Vilmorin, Novelist
- In 2017, Pénélope Lévêque portrayed the role of N in drama movie Entre le jour et la nuit.
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