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I found it on a French site: Most common in Normandy; Le Mieux also exists; to trace the origin back to the word mieux (which meant 'best in the medieval language) seems problematic; it may derive from a place-name: Saint-Martin-de-Mieux in Calvados, or Mieux à Canteloup in La Manche, or one of several other place names in Normandie.

mieux means 'best' in French. like in the phrase 'do one's best' (= faire de son mieux.) 'Le' in French is the masculine article (i.e. 'the'), but i'm not sure if Lemieux could be translated into 'the best' because atleast according to my dictionary 'the best' would be le meilleur...

if this helps, most likely french, and i know family with that name...they don't kow either

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