How common is the surname Lavergne?

3,529 people in the United States had the surname Lavergne in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,488 Americans. It ranked 9,227th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Lavergne getting more or less common?

More common. 3,342 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,529 in 2010, up 5.6%.

The surname Lavergne

A French surname, carried by 3,529 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L162

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lavergne is more common than 94.3% of them.

Origin

French origin

From French Lavergne.

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 3,529 people named Lavergne in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 87,488 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,342.

#9,227

rank among US surnames

3,529

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+5.6%

change since 2000 (was #8,994)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,222	Lenoir	3,534	87,364
#9,224	Fulks	3,531	87,439
#9,226	Choudhury	3,530	87,463
#9,227	Baugher	3,529	87,488
#9,232	Oney	3,528	87,513
#9,233	McGlone	3,527	87,538

Who is named Lavergne

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

71% of people named Lavergne identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 71%
Black (not Hispanic) 22%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.8%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lavergne

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Lavergne has the Soundex code L162, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L162.

Other French surnames

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Questions

Where does the surname Lavergne come from?: From French Lavergne.
How common is the surname Lavergne?: 3,529 people in the United States had the surname Lavergne in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,488 Americans. It ranked 9,227th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lavergne?: In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Lavergne identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Lavergne getting more or less common?: More common. 3,342 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,529 in 2010, up 5.6%.