Lestage
surname · Latin script
Meaning: topographic name from Occitan estatge
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 4 countries · latest register: BFS, 2024
/lɛs.taʒ/(recorded in a dictionary) French · from Wiktionary
Lestage is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- FRFrance
- CACanada
- USUnited States
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)topographic name from Occitan estatge. Old French estage ‘place of residence’; or a habitational name from places called Lestage (Landes, Lot-et-Garonne) or Lestages (Gironde). IJ.hljilJJiH A Lestage from Gascony, France, was in Quebec City before 1691.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Lestage is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, ballasting
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In French, de plusieurs localités dans le sud-ouest de la France.
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)- Johannes-Antoine Lestageb. 1879FRentomologist
- Patrice Lestageb. 1961FRFrench association football player (1961–2010)
- Pier-Olivier Lestageb. 1997CACanadian gridiron football player (born 1997)
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)10 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 436 | #48,436 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 435 | #51,662 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 357 | #54,152 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 152 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 146 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 139 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 128 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 111 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 105 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 101 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 98 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 96 | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- 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
- Where does the name Lestage come from?
- topographic name from Occitan estatge. Old French estage ‘place of residence’; or a habitational name from places called Lestage (Landes, Lot-et-Garonne) or Lestages (Gironde). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- What are other forms of the name Lestage?
- In the etymology graph, Last is a form of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Lestage?
- In French /lɛs.taʒ/ (Wiktionary).
- What does the name Lestage mean?
- Recorded meaning: topographic name from Occitan estatge.
- In which country does Lestage have the most bearers?
- Lestage is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Lestage”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.