Show ContentsLevee Surname History

Early Origins of the Levee family

The surname Levee was first found in Burgundy (French: Bourgogne), an administrative and historical region of east-central France, where the family held a family seat in earlier times.

Early History of the Levee family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Levee research. Another 112 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1769, 1796, 1801, 1829 and 1870 are included under the topic Early Levee History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Levee Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Léveillé, Léveillée, Léveillard, Léveillart, Lesveillé, Lesveillée, Lesveillard, Lesveillart, Leveille, Le Veille, Levée, l'Éveille, Éveille, Éveillé, Éveillée, Éveillard and many more.

Early Notables of the Levee family

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Migration of the Levee family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Rene Leveillée, who settled in Montreal in 1659; Jean Leveille, who was living in Biloxi in Louisiana in 1700; M. L'Éveille, who was living with his wife, in Mobile, Louisiana in 1726.


Contemporary Notables of the name Levee (post 1700) +

  • John Harrison Levée, designer and an artist, Paris
  • Didier Alain Levée, physician, Bayeux, France


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