Lecocq
surname · Latin script
Meaning: nickname from cocq ‘cock’, ‘cockerel’ (see Cocke), with the definite article le
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ləkɔk/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Lecocq is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country.
- BEBelgium1 in 4.4K(measured from records)
- FRFrance≈1 in 9.8K
- USUnited States1 in 1.2M
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.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 265 (measured from records)
- 1 in 4.4K (inferred from the name graph)
≈7,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Belgium
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
nickname from cocq ‘cock’, ‘cockerel’ (see Cocke), with the definite article le.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Lecocq 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | #640 | ≈7,000 est. | ≈1 in 9.8K | 1K | Lecocq | 265 |
| BE Belgium | #147 | 2,657 | 1 in 4.4K | 2.7K | Lecocq | 85 |
| US United States | — | 267 | 1 in 1.2M | 341 | Lecocq | 150 |
| CM Cameroon | — | ≈220 est. | ≈1 in 127K | — | Lecocq | 1 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 326K | — | Lecocq | 45 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 62 | 1 in 136K | 62 | Lecocq | 19 |
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: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Lecocq is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, voir Lecoq
as a nameDictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Bernardo Lecocqb. 1734ESSpanish military engineer
- Francisco Lecocqb. 1795UYUruguayan politician
- Charles Lecocqb. 1832FRFrench composer (1832–1918)
- René Lecocqb. 1897FRFrench politician (1897–1978)
- Charles Lecocqb. 1901BEBelgian poet
- Jean-Pierre Lecocqb. 1947BEBelgian molecular biologist and entrepreneur (1947-1992)
- Karen LeCocqb. 1949USartist
- Roselyne Masset-Lecocqb. 1950FRFrench composer
- Stéphane Lecocqb. 1976FRfootballer
- Charlotte Parmentier-Lecocqb. 1977FRFrench politician
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 20 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 2.7K | #338 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Noms de famille (family names) | — | 2.3K | #398 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 1.4K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 1.2K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 1.2K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 1.1K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 1.1K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 1K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 987 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 856 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 717 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 658 | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Lecocq mean, and where does it come from?
- nickname from cocq ‘cock’, ‘cockerel’ (see Cocke), with the definite article le. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Lecocq?
- A machine transcription gives /ləkɔk/ (IPA) for French.
- In which country does Lecocq have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 7.0 thousand people named Lecocq in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled lecocq.
- Where is Lecocq most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Lecocq is densest in Belgium — about 1 in 4.4 thousand people — even though France holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Lecocq?
- In Belgium, the national register counted 2,657 people named Lecocq in 2008, about 1 in 4.4 thousand residents.
- How common is Lecocq compared with other names?
- In France, Lecocq is the 640th most common surname of 1,200,812 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/lecocqThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Lecocq” — the 640th most common surname in France. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.