How common is the surname Labbe?

4,294 people in the United States had the surname Labbe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,902 Americans. It ranked 7,732nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Labbe getting more or less common?

More common. 3,980 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,294 in 2010, up 7.9%.

The surname Labbe

A French surname, carried by 4,294 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Labbe is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

French origin

From French Labbé.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,294 people named Labbe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 71,902 Americans. That is up 7.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,980.

#7,732

rank among US surnames

4,294

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+7.9%

change since 2000 (was #7,708)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,724	Esser	4,297	71,851
#7,725	Wisner	4,296	71,868
#7,730	Warnick	4,295	71,885
#7,732	Forsberg	4,294	71,902
#7,734	Beaudry	4,293	71,918
#7,737	Litchfield	4,290	71,969

Who is named Labbe

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

85% of people named Labbe identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Labbe

Labbe has the Soundex code L100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L100.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Labbe come from?: From French Labbé.
How common is the surname Labbe?: 4,294 people in the United States had the surname Labbe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,902 Americans. It ranked 7,732nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Labbe?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Labbe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Labbe getting more or less common?: More common. 3,980 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,294 in 2010, up 7.9%.
What are other spellings of Labbe?: Abbe and Abbé.