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The surname Laferriere

A surname, carried by 1,562 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex L166

Laferriere: #17,896 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Laferriere #17,896, 1,562 people Laferriere: #17,896 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Laferriere #17,896, 1,562 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Laferriere is more common than 89% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,562 people named Laferriere in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 197,660 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,560.

#17,896
rank among US surnames
1,562
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+0.1%
change since 2000 (was #16,838)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#17,888Bergren1,563197,534
#17,896Petras1,562197,660

Who is named Laferriere

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

94% of people named Laferriere identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 2.4%
  • Two or more races 1.0%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Laferriere?
1,562 people in the United States had the surname Laferriere in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 197,660 Americans. It ranked 17,896th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Laferriere?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Laferriere identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Laferriere getting more or less common?
More common. 1,560 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,562 in 2010, up 0.1%.