Where does this last name come from? France? its: Levesque?

Question

Levesque

is it french ?

Answer 1

Levesque is a French Name it could either be from France or Quebec Canada, as Many French settled Quebec in the 17th and Eighteenth Centuries. There are also Levesques in Ottawa Canada very popular name here

Answer 2

It's definitely French. In Quebec, Canada there was a Premier by the name of Rene Levesque.

Answer 3

There is an association for that surname and you can find it here:

Levesque Association
http://www.genealogie.org/famille/levesque/elevesque.html

Levesque Association Coat Of Arms
http://www.genealogie.org/famille/levesque/coat_arms.html

Family Bishop/Levesque

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Direct Line to Charlemagne
(34) Félicité Létourneau** (abt 1807 - 15 Jan 1889) & Firmin Lévesque (3 Oct 1798 - )
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Answer 4

Yes, French-Canadian. In fact, the wrestler Triple-H's real name is Paul Levesque and his parents are French-Canadian.

Answer 5

It is French and it is a very common in Canada as well. Means 'bishop'

Answer 6

possible french,but it could also be that the original name is spanish, the gue makes it look that way, but lev could be greek like levcas
or jewish. try to look in phonebook adresses
in france for starters,maybe you see the same name.

Answer 7

Could also be French-Canadian or even Cajun from Louisanna, U.S.A.

Answer 8

i'd say french