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The lessard Surname

lessard Name Meaning and History

French: topographic name for someone who lived in a clearing, Old French essart (Late Latin exsartum, past participle of exsarire ‘to weed out’, ‘grub up’), with the definite article l’, or a habitational name from various places named Lessard or Lessart from this word.

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Distribution of lessard Families in the US in 1920
Number of lessard families
 47-92
 16-46
 1-15
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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