Lecué

surname · Latin script

Lecué is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Spain than in any other country. Recorded meaning: for someone who lived at a particular spot outside the main village, from Basque lek(h)u place, spot + the local suffix -ue (from (g)une space, distance).

rarermore common
  • ESSpain1 in 141K(measured from records)
  • FRFrance≈1 in 498K
  • CLChile≈1 in 585K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Spain (measured from records)

355 people

Sources
77 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 141K (inferred from the name graph)

Spain

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Lecue in ES Spain, FR France, US United States and 2 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

for someone who lived at a particular spot outside the main village, from Basque lek(h)u place, spot + the local suffix -ue (from (g)une space, distance). Alternatively it may be a topographic name for someone who lived at a lower spot, in which case it is a var. of Lekube, containing the suffix -be lower down. Lecornu see Corne Lebbel see Beau

Sources 1

  • The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles

Where in the world(measured from records)

Lecué counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Lecué is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ES Spain3551 in 141K355Lecue46
FR France≈140 est.≈1 in 498K24Lecue77
US United States≈34 est.≈1 in 9.7MlistedLecue19
VE Venezuela≈32 est.≈1 in 898K—Lecue7
CL Chile≈31 est.≈1 in 585K—Lecue3

355 people counted by INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Lecué under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Lecué mean, and where does it come from?
for someone who lived at a particular spot outside the main village, from Basque lek(h)u place, spot + the local suffix -ue (from (g)une space, distance). Recorded by The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles.
In which country does Lecué have the most bearers?
In Spain, the national register counted about 355 people named Lecué, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled lecue.
Where is Lecué most common?
Lecué is densest in Spain, where the national register counts about 1 in 141 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Lecué?
In Spain, the national register counted 355 people named Lecué, about 1 in 141 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Lecué”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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