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    The surname Larue

    A French surname, carried by 11,757 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L600

    Larue: #3,047 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Larue #3,047, 11,757 people Larue: #3,047 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Larue #3,047, 11,757 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Larue is more common than 98.1% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    French Larue

    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 11,757 people named Larue in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,261 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,315.

    #3,047
    rank among US surnames
    11,757
    people in 2010
    4.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.9%
    change since 2000 (was #2,921)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,038Milam11,78726,194
    #3,039Bowie11,78626,196
    #3,040Halverson11,78126,207
    #3,041Speer11,77026,232
    #3,042Amaro11,76926,234
    #3,043McMillian11,76526,243
    #3,044Ponder11,76426,245

    Who is named Larue

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

    87% of people named Larue identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Larues

    6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jack La Rue
      American actor (1902-1984)
    • Lash LaRue
      American actor (1917-1996)
    • Rusty LaRue
      American basketball player-coach, born 1973
    • Fontaine La Rue
      American actress (1897-1976)
    • Grace La Rue
      American actress and singer (1882–1956)
    • Dee Dee Sharp
      American R&B singer, born 1945

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Larue

    Larue has the Soundex code L600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L600.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Larue come from?
    French Larue
    How common is the surname Larue?
    11,757 people in the United States had the surname Larue in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,261 Americans. It ranked 3,047th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Larue?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Larue identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Larue?
    Jack La Rue, American actor (1902-1984), followed by Lash LaRue.
    Where is the surname Larue most common?
    Wikidata records people named Larue in the United States.
    Is the surname Larue getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,315 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,757 in 2010, up 3.9%.
    What are other spellings of Larue?
    Rue.