How common is the surname Lasalle?

3,803 people in the United States had the surname Lasalle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,185 Americans. It ranked 8,646th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lasalle?

In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Lasalle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lasalle?

Eriq La Salle, American actor, followed by Denise LaSalle.

Where is the surname Lasalle most common?

Wikidata records people named Lasalle in the United States.

How do you pronounce Lasalle?

Lasalle is /ləˈsæl/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Lasalle getting more or less common?

More common. 3,651 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,803 in 2010, up 4.2%.

The surname Lasalle

A French surname, carried by 3,803 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ləˈsæl/ 2 syllables Soundex L240

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lasalle is more common than 94.7% of them.

Origin

French origin

From French Lasalle.

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 3,803 people named Lasalle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 81,185 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,651.

#8,646

rank among US surnames

3,803

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+4.2%

change since 2000 (was #8,339)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,639	McSweeney	3,807	81,099
#8,641	Zacharias	3,805	81,142
#8,645	Shanklin	3,804	81,163
#8,646	Weeden	3,803	81,185
#8,648	Burdine	3,802	81,206
#8,649	Cancel	3,801	81,227
#8,650	Reichard	3,799	81,270

Who is named Lasalle

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

66% of people named Lasalle identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 66%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 20%
Black (not Hispanic) 10%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lasalles

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Eriq La Salle
American actor, born 1962
Denise LaSalle
American singer (1934–2018)
Mick LaSalle
American film critic, born 1959
Jarboe
American musician, born 2000

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Salle

Surnames that sound like Lasalle

Lasalle has the Soundex code L240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L240.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Lasalle come from?: From French Lasalle.
How common is the surname Lasalle?: 3,803 people in the United States had the surname Lasalle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,185 Americans. It ranked 8,646th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lasalle?: In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Lasalle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lasalle?: Eriq La Salle, American actor, followed by Denise LaSalle.
Where is the surname Lasalle most common?: Wikidata records people named Lasalle in the United States.
How do you pronounce Lasalle?: Lasalle is /ləˈsæl/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Lasalle getting more or less common?: More common. 3,651 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,803 in 2010, up 4.2%.
What are other spellings of Lasalle?: Salle.