How common is the surname Lafollette?

2,932 people in the United States had the surname Lafollette in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,302 Americans. It ranked 10,866th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lafollette?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lafollette identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lafollette?

Robert M. La Follette, American progressive politician from Wisconsin (1855–1925), followed by Robert M. La Follette Jr..

Where is the surname Lafollette most common?

Wikidata records people named Lafollette in the United States.

Is the surname Lafollette getting more or less common?

More common. 2,906 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,932 in 2010, up 0.9%.

The surname Lafollette

A surname, carried by 2,932 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex L143

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lafollette is more common than 93.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,932 people named Lafollette in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 105,302 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,906.

#10,866

rank among US surnames

2,932

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+0.9%

change since 2000 (was #10,186)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,857	Munday	2,934	105,230
#10,860	Messmer	2,933	105,266
#10,866	Owsley	2,932	105,302
#10,871	Helmuth	2,931	105,338

Who is named Lafollette

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

95% of people named Lafollette identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lafollettes

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert M. La Follette
American progressive politician from Wisconsin (1855–1925)
Robert M. La Follette Jr.
American politician (1895–1953)
Philip La Follette
American politician from Wisconsin (1897–1965)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lafollette

Laviolette

Lafollette has the Soundex code L143, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L143.

Questions

How common is the surname Lafollette?: 2,932 people in the United States had the surname Lafollette in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,302 Americans. It ranked 10,866th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lafollette?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lafollette identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lafollette?: Robert M. La Follette, American progressive politician from Wisconsin (1855–1925), followed by Robert M. La Follette Jr..
Where is the surname Lafollette most common?: Wikidata records people named Lafollette in the United States.
Is the surname Lafollette getting more or less common?: More common. 2,906 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,932 in 2010, up 0.9%.