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    The surname Lagrange

    A French place surname, carried by 2,574 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ləˈɡɹɑndʒ/ 2 syllables Soundex L265

    Lagrange: #12,108 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lagrange #12,108, 2,574 people Lagrange: #12,108 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lagrange #12,108, 2,574 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lagrange is more common than 92.5% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    Borrowed from French Lagrange.

    Lagrange is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    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 2,574 people named Lagrange in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 119,948 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,415.

    #12,108
    rank among US surnames
    2,574
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.6%
    change since 2000 (was #11,869)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,099Keltner2,576119,855
    #12,101Daniell2,575119,901
    #12,108Maddock2,574119,948
    #12,115Shipe2,573119,994

    Who is named Lagrange

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

    85% of people named Lagrange identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 5.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.9%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Lagrange

    Lagrange has the Soundex code L265, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L265.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lagrange come from?
    Borrowed from French Lagrange.
    How common is the surname Lagrange?
    2,574 people in the United States had the surname Lagrange in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 119,948 Americans. It ranked 12,108th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lagrange?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Lagrange identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    How do you pronounce Lagrange?
    Lagrange is /ləˈɡɹɑndʒ/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Lagrange?
    Lagrange is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Lagrange getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,415 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,574 in 2010, up 6.6%.
    What are other spellings of Lagrange?
    Grange, Degrange and Delagrange.