Find out how popular the last name Lizotte is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Lizotte.

Lizotte, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Lizotte surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Lizotte in America

Lizotte is the 10657th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Lizotte surname appeared 3,002 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Lizotte.

We can also compare 2010 data for Lizotte to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Lizotte

The surname Lizotte is of French origin, tracing its roots back to the northwestern region of France known as Normandy. Its earliest known ancestors can be traced to the 11th century, when the name was likely derived from the Old French word "liçon," meaning a lesson or instruction.

During the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, many Norman families, including those bearing the name Lizotte, accompanied William the Conqueror and settled in various parts of the British Isles. The name can be found in the Domesday Book of 1086, a comprehensive record of landholdings and populations compiled by order of William the Conqueror.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Lizotte appears in the Cartulaire de l'Abbaye de Saint-Père de Chartres, a medieval manuscript dating back to the 12th century, where a certain Guillelmus Lizotte is mentioned as a witness to a land transaction.

In the 14th century, the name Lizotte was also found in the region of Brittany, France, where it was sometimes spelled Lizotte or Lizotte. During this period, the surname was associated with several minor noble families in the area.

Notable individuals bearing the surname Lizotte include:

1. Jean Lizotte (c. 1550-1625), a French merchant and explorer who documented his travels to the New World in the early 17th century.
2. Marie-Thérèse Lizotte (1670-1745), a French-Canadian settler and one of the founders of the town of Trois-Rivières in present-day Quebec.
3. Pierre Lizotte (1783-1867), a French military officer who served under Napoleon Bonaparte and participated in the Napoleonic Wars.
4. Émilie Lizotte (1844-1921), a French writer and educator who published several works on women's education and social reform.
5. Louis Lizotte (1888-1976), a Canadian artist known for his landscape paintings depicting scenes from rural Quebec.

Throughout its history, the surname Lizotte has been associated with various places and regions, including the villages of Lizottes and Lizottes-sur-Mer in Normandy, as well as the town of Lizotte in the Brittany region of France.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Lizotte

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Lizotte.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Lizotte was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Lizotte has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Lizotte was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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