How common is the surname Lafave?

3,849 people in the United States had the surname Lafave in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 80,214 Americans. It ranked 8,558th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lafave?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Lafave identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Is the surname Lafave getting more or less common?

More common. 3,624 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,849 in 2010, up 6.2%.

The surname Lafave

A surname, carried by 3,849 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L110

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lafave is more common than 94.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,849 people named Lafave in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 80,214 Americans. That is up 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,624.

#8,558

rank among US surnames

3,849

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+6.2%

change since 2000 (was #8,386)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,551	Riehl	3,852	80,152
#8,556	Gress	3,850	80,194
#8,558	Lafave	3,849	80,214
#8,559	Defelice	3,848	80,235
#8,562	Manrique	3,847	80,256
#8,567	Fitz	3,846	80,277

Who is named Lafave

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

93% of people named Lafave identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.3%
Two or more races 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Lafave?: 3,849 people in the United States had the surname Lafave in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 80,214 Americans. It ranked 8,558th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lafave?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Lafave identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Is the surname Lafave getting more or less common?: More common. 3,624 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,849 in 2010, up 6.2%.