# Laforest (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/laforest/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,977 |
| US rank (2010) | 14,957 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 156,169 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.5% (1,822 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

French surname, from Old French la (“the”) + forest (“forest”). Also from several places in France called Laforest or La Forest, of the same meaning.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Laforest in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 77% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 17% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Similar surnames

Lopresti, Laforge, Laforce, Lavergne, Labarge, Labrecque, Lupercio, Lubbers, Lybarger, Laberge, Livers, Loberg.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.