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    The surname Lajoie

    A French surname, carried by 3,145 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L200

    Lajoie: #10,250 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lajoie #10,250, 3,145 people Lajoie: #10,250 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lajoie #10,250, 3,145 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lajoie is more common than 93.7% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    From French Lajoie.

    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 3,145 people named Lajoie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 98,170 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,073.

    #10,250
    rank among US surnames
    3,145
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.3%
    change since 2000 (was #9,700)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,243Tillett3,14798,108
    #10,245Killeen3,14698,139
    #10,250Orndorff3,14598,170
    #10,255Fitzhugh3,14498,202
    #10,257Moffat3,14398,233
    #10,258Villagrana3,14298,264

    Who is named Lajoie

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

    93% of people named Lajoie identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Lajoies

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Nap Lajoie
      American baseball player and manager (1874–1959)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Lajoie

    Lajoie has the Soundex code L200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L200.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lajoie come from?
    From French Lajoie.
    How common is the surname Lajoie?
    3,145 people in the United States had the surname Lajoie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,170 Americans. It ranked 10,250th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lajoie?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Lajoie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Lajoie?
    Nap Lajoie, American baseball player and manager (1874–1959).
    Where is the surname Lajoie most common?
    Wikidata records people named Lajoie in the United States.
    Is the surname Lajoie getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,073 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,145 in 2010, up 2.3%.
    What are other spellings of Lajoie?
    Joie, Joye, Lajoye, Lajoy, Joy and Joi.