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    The surname Lachance

    A surname, carried by 5,744 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L252

    Lachance: #5,988 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lachance #5,988, 5,744 people Lachance: #5,988 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lachance #5,988, 5,744 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lachance is more common than 96.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 5,744 people named Lachance in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 53,751 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,619.

    #5,988
    rank among US surnames
    5,744
    people in 2010
    1.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.2%
    change since 2000 (was #5,664)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,984McGehee5,74953,704
    #5,985Alden5,74853,714
    #5,986Pires5,74653,732
    #5,988Lachance5,74453,751

    Who is named Lachance

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

    96% of people named Lachance identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Lachance?
    5,744 people in the United States had the surname Lachance in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 53,751 Americans. It ranked 5,988th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lachance?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Lachance identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Lachance getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,619 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,744 in 2010, up 2.2%.