Frequency: (540)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
French: variant of Elias.
FOREBEARS: Immigrants bearing this name from Brittany were in Quebec by 1669, notably in the Ile d’Orléans.
GIVEN NAMES: French 18%. Luc (3), Emile (2), Jacques (2), Lucien (2), Monique (2), Odette (2), Pierre (2), Regine (2), Achille, Andre, Gilles, Jean Claude.
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