How common is the surname Lafontaine?

3,652 people in the United States had the surname Lafontaine in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,541 Americans. It ranked 8,964th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lafontaine?

In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Lafontaine identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lafontaine?

Henri La Fontaine, Belgian lawyer, politician and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1854-1943), followed by Don LaFontaine.

Where is the surname Lafontaine most common?

Wikidata records people named Lafontaine in Belgium and the United States.

Is the surname Lafontaine getting more or less common?

More common. 3,497 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,652 in 2010, up 4.4%.

The surname Lafontaine

A French surname, carried by 3,652 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex L153

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lafontaine is more common than 94.5% of them.

Origin

French origin

From French Lafontaine.

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 3,652 people named Lafontaine in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 84,541 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,497.

#8,964

rank among US surnames

3,652

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+4.4%

change since 2000 (was #8,657)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,956	Cauthen	3,655	84,472
#8,959	Mendonca	3,654	84,495
#8,962	Perlman	3,653	84,518
#8,964	Lafontaine	3,652	84,541
#8,965	Colgan	3,651	84,565
#8,967	Braddy	3,650	84,588
#8,968	Markus	3,649	84,611

Who is named Lafontaine

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

78% of people named Lafontaine identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.7% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 13%
American Indian and Alaska Native 4.7%
Two or more races 2.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lafontaines

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Henri La Fontaine
Belgian lawyer, politician and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1854-1943)
Don LaFontaine
American voice actor (1940-2008)
Pat LaFontaine
American ice hockey player, born 1965
Léonie La Fontaine
Belgian feminist and pacifist (1857–1949)
Marie-Jo Lafontaine
Belgian artist (born 1950)

Notable Lafontaines come mostly from Belgium (3) and the United States (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lafontaine

Lafontaine has the Soundex code L153, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L153.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Lafontaine come from?: From French Lafontaine.
How common is the surname Lafontaine?: 3,652 people in the United States had the surname Lafontaine in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,541 Americans. It ranked 8,964th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lafontaine?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Lafontaine identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lafontaine?: Henri La Fontaine, Belgian lawyer, politician and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1854-1943), followed by Don LaFontaine.
Where is the surname Lafontaine most common?: Wikidata records people named Lafontaine in Belgium and the United States.
Is the surname Lafontaine getting more or less common?: More common. 3,497 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,652 in 2010, up 4.4%.