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    The surname Lapierre

    A French surname, carried by 4,494 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex L160

    Lapierre: #7,406 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lapierre #7,406, 4,494 people Lapierre: #7,406 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lapierre #7,406, 4,494 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lapierre is more common than 95.4% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    From French Lapierre.

    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 4,494 people named Lapierre in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 68,702 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,274.

    #7,406
    rank among US surnames
    4,494
    people in 2010
    1.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.1%
    change since 2000 (was #7,204)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,399Bosco4,49868,641
    #7,402Valley4,49768,656
    #7,404Edmiston4,49568,686
    #7,406Roof4,49468,702
    #7,408Zou4,49368,717
    #7,411Grullon4,49268,732

    Who is named Lapierre

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

    88% of people named Lapierre identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Lapierres

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Fabrice Lapierre
      Australian long jumper, born 1983

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Lapierre has the Soundex code L160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L160.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lapierre come from?
    From French Lapierre.
    How common is the surname Lapierre?
    4,494 people in the United States had the surname Lapierre in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,702 Americans. It ranked 7,406th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lapierre?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Lapierre identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Lapierre?
    Fabrice Lapierre, Australian long jumper.
    Where is the surname Lapierre most common?
    Wikidata records people named Lapierre in Australia.
    Is the surname Lapierre getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,274 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,494 in 2010, up 5.1%.
    What are other spellings of Lapierre?
    Lapier and Pierre.