How common is the surname Laviolette?

1,965 people in the United States had the surname Laviolette in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 157,122 Americans. It ranked 15,033rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Laviolette?

Peter Laviolette, American ice hockey player and coach.

Where is the surname Laviolette most common?

Wikidata records people named Laviolette in the United States.

Is the surname Laviolette getting more or less common?

More common. 1,693 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,965 in 2010, up 16%.

The surname Laviolette

A surname, carried by 1,965 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex L143

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Laviolette is more common than 90.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,965 people named Laviolette in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 157,122 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,693.

#15,033

rank among US surnames

1,965

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+16.1%

change since 2000 (was #15,796)

Who is named Laviolette

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

88% of people named Laviolette identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Laviolettes

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Peter Laviolette
American ice hockey player and coach, born 1964

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Laviolette

Lafollette

Laviolette has the Soundex code L143, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L143.

Questions

How common is the surname Laviolette?: 1,965 people in the United States had the surname Laviolette in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 157,122 Americans. It ranked 15,033rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Laviolette?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Laviolette identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Laviolette?: Peter Laviolette, American ice hockey player and coach.
Where is the surname Laviolette most common?: Wikidata records people named Laviolette in the United States.
Is the surname Laviolette getting more or less common?: More common. 1,693 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,965 in 2010, up 16%.