How common is the surname Lafleur?

9,430 people in the United States had the surname Lafleur in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,741 Americans. It ranked 3,755th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Lafleur?

Art LaFleur, American actor (1943–2021), followed by Matt LaFleur.

Where is the surname Lafleur most common?

Wikidata records people named Lafleur in the United States.

Is the surname Lafleur getting more or less common?

More common. 8,852 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,430 in 2010, up 6.5%.

The surname Lafleur

A French surname, carried by 9,430 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L146

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lafleur is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

French origin

Borrowed from French Lafleur.

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 9,430 people named Lafleur in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,741 Americans. That is up 6.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,852.

#3,755

rank among US surnames

9,430

people in 2010

3.2

per 100,000 Americans

+6.5%

change since 2000 (was #3,683)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,746	McClung	9,456	32,651
#3,747	Poirier	9,453	32,661
#3,748	Perryman	9,443	32,696
#3,749	Cosgrove	9,441	32,703
#3,751	Salerno	9,440	32,706
#3,752	Mundy	9,439	32,710
#3,753	Timm	9,433	32,730

Who is named Lafleur

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

80% of people named Lafleur identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 80%
Black (not Hispanic) 16%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lafleurs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Art LaFleur
American actor (1943–2021)
Matt LaFleur
American football coach (born 1979)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lafleur

Lafleur has the Soundex code L146, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L146.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Lafleur come from?: Borrowed from French Lafleur.
How common is the surname Lafleur?: 9,430 people in the United States had the surname Lafleur in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,741 Americans. It ranked 3,755th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lafleur?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Lafleur identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Lafleur?: Art LaFleur, American actor (1943–2021), followed by Matt LaFleur.
Where is the surname Lafleur most common?: Wikidata records people named Lafleur in the United States.
Is the surname Lafleur getting more or less common?: More common. 8,852 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,430 in 2010, up 6.5%.