Lebow History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

Etymology of Lebow

What does the name Lebow mean?

Directly translated, "le beau" means "the beautiful". One source states that the name Beau was given to those that appealed to both the eye and the mind. 1

Early Origins of the Lebow family

The surname Lebow was first found in Poitou, where Nicolas Beau, a knight, was the Lord of Sainte-Gemme and Bourgneuf in 1309.

Early History of the Lebow family

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Lebow Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Beau, Lebeau, Lebeaux, Le beaux, Lebeault and others.

Early Notables of the Lebow family

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Lebow Ranking

In the United States, the name Lebow is the 15,147^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 2

Migration of the Lebow family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Guillaume Lebeau, who is on record in Montreal in 1643; Daniel Beau, who arrived in New York city in 1715; Augustin Le Beau, who arrived in Louisiana in 1718.

Historic Events for the Lebow family +

USS Indianapolis

Cleatus Archie Lebow (1924-2022), American crew member on board the ship "USS Indianapolis" when she was on a top secret trip for the first nuclear weapon, she was sunk by Japanese Navy on 30th July 1945, he survived the sinking 3

Sources +

Dionne, N.-E., Origine Des Familles Canadiennes-Français. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969. Print.
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Final Crew List, retrieved 2021, October 30th Retrieved from https://www.ussindianapolis.com/final-crew