How common is the surname Lavalle?

2,617 people in the United States had the surname Lavalle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,977 Americans. It ranked 11,946th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lavalle?

In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Lavalle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lavalle?

Juan Lavalle, Argentine politician (1797-1841), followed by Victor LaValle.

Where is the surname Lavalle most common?

Wikidata records people named Lavalle in Argentina and the United States.

Is the surname Lavalle getting more or less common?

More common. 2,380 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,617 in 2010, up 10%.

The surname Lavalle

A surname, carried by 2,617 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex L140

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lavalle is more common than 92.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,617 people named Lavalle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 117,977 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,380.

#11,946

rank among US surnames

2,617

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+10%

change since 2000 (was #12,037)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,938	Heiden	2,620	117,842
#11,940	Brickner	2,619	117,887
#11,942	Bitter	2,618	117,932
#11,946	Polly	2,617	117,977
#11,952	Botkin	2,616	118,022
#11,954	McMullan	2,615	118,067

Who is named Lavalle

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

77% of people named Lavalle identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 77%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 18%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lavalles

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Juan Lavalle
Argentine politician (1797-1841)
Victor LaValle
American writer, born 1972

Notable Lavalles come mostly from Argentina (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lavalle

Lavalle has the Soundex code L140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L140.

Questions

How common is the surname Lavalle?: 2,617 people in the United States had the surname Lavalle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,977 Americans. It ranked 11,946th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lavalle?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Lavalle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lavalle?: Juan Lavalle, Argentine politician (1797-1841), followed by Victor LaValle.
Where is the surname Lavalle most common?: Wikidata records people named Lavalle in Argentina and the United States.
Is the surname Lavalle getting more or less common?: More common. 2,380 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,617 in 2010, up 10%.