How common is the surname Lafreniere?

2,159 people in the United States had the surname Lafreniere in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 143,004 Americans. It ranked 13,967th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lafreniere?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lafreniere identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Lafreniere getting more or less common?

More common. 2,152 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,159 in 2010, up 0.3%.

The surname Lafreniere

A surname, carried by 2,159 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex L165

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lafreniere is more common than 91.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,159 people named Lafreniere in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 143,004 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,152.

#13,967

rank among US surnames

2,159

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+0.3%

change since 2000 (was #13,052)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,959	Milliron	2,161	142,872
#13,964	Buentello	2,160	142,938
#13,967	Veazey	2,159	143,004
#13,974	Barkman	2,158	143,070
#13,976	Sarkar	2,157	143,137

Who is named Lafreniere

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

94% of people named Lafreniere identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lafreniere

Lafreniere 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 Lafreniere?: 2,159 people in the United States had the surname Lafreniere in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 143,004 Americans. It ranked 13,967th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lafreniere?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lafreniere identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Lafreniere getting more or less common?: More common. 2,152 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,159 in 2010, up 0.3%.