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The surname Larochelle

A surname, carried by 2,558 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex L624

Larochelle: #12,182 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Larochelle #12,182, 2,558 people Larochelle: #12,182 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Larochelle #12,182, 2,558 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Larochelle is more common than 92.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,558 people named Larochelle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 120,698 Americans. That is up 7.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,377.

#12,182
rank among US surnames
2,558
people in 2010
0.9
per 100,000 Americans
+7.6%
change since 2000 (was #12,047)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#12,174Colindres2,560120,604
#12,180Frerichs2,559120,651
#12,182Kollman2,558120,698
#12,186Gayton2,557120,745
#12,188Alldredge2,556120,792

Who is named Larochelle

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

89% of people named Larochelle identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 89%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 5.5%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
  • 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.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Larochelle

Larochelle has the Soundex code L624, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L624.

Questions

How common is the surname Larochelle?
2,558 people in the United States had the surname Larochelle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,698 Americans. It ranked 12,182nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Larochelle?
In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Larochelle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Larochelle getting more or less common?
More common. 2,377 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,558 in 2010, up 7.6%.