The surname Lafrance
A surname, carried by 5,574 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex L165
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 5,574 people named Lafrance in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 55,390 Americans. That is up 7.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,211.
#6,148
rank among US surnames
5,574
people in 2010
1.9
per 100,000 Americans
+7%
change since 2000 (was #6,070)
Who is named Lafrance
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
76% of people named Lafrance identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 76%
- Black (not Hispanic) 17%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 2.0%
- Two or more races 1.8%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Lafrance
Lafrance has the Soundex code L165, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L165.
Questions
- How common is the surname Lafrance?
- 5,574 people in the United States had the surname Lafrance in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 55,390 Americans. It ranked 6,148th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Lafrance?
- In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Lafrance identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Lafrance getting more or less common?
- More common. 5,211 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,574 in 2010, up 7.0%.