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Early Origins of the Leclercq family

The surname Leclercq was first found in Brittany, where they held a family seat at many locations including Coural, Grave, Keraliou, Kergolher, Lessquiffio and Lexuhel.

Early History of the Leclercq family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Leclercq research. Another 265 words (19 lines of text) covering the years 1418, 1444, 1772, 1778, 1793 and 1802 are included under the topic Early Leclercq History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Leclercq Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Leclair, Leclaire, Leclaires, Leclère, Leclere, Leclères, Lecleres, Leclert, Lecler, le Clair, le Claire, le Claires, le Clère, le Clere, le Clères, le Clert, le Cler, Clair, Claire, Claires, Clère, Clere, Clères, Clert and many more.

Early Notables of the Leclercq family

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Leclercq Ranking

In France, the name Leclercq is the 97th most popular surname with an estimated 29,477 people with that name. 1

Migration of the Leclercq family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Jean LeClerc, aged 27, who settled in Louisiana in 1719; Jacques LeClerc, who settled in Louisiana in 1752; Pierre LeClerc, who settled in Louisiana in 1757.


Contemporary Notables of the name Leclercq (post 1700) +

  • Winnie C. LeClercq, American Republican politician, Presidential Elector for Georgia, 2000 2
  • Daniel Leclercq (1949-2019), French football defender who played 440 matches from 1967 to 1984 for US Valenciennes, Olympique de Marseille and RC Lens
  • Saint Salomone Leclercq (1745-1792), French Roman Catholic professed religious who was killed during the French Revolution for his refusal to swear an oath of allegiance to the new government


  1. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  2. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 9) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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