How common is the surname Lavoie?

9,408 people in the United States had the surname Lavoie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,817 Americans. It ranked 3,765th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lavoie?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lavoie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lavoie?

Lobo, American singer-songwriter.

Where is the surname Lavoie most common?

Wikidata records people named Lavoie in the United States.

Is the surname Lavoie getting more or less common?

More common. 8,952 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,408 in 2010, up 5.1%.

The surname Lavoie

A French surname, carried by 9,408 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lavoie is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

French origin

From French Lavoie.

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 9,408 people named Lavoie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,817 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,952.

#3,765

rank among US surnames

9,408

people in 2010

3.2

per 100,000 Americans

+5.1%

change since 2000 (was #3,648)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,757	Toler	9,427	32,751
#3,758	Cohn	9,426	32,755
#3,759	Seaton	9,423	32,765
#3,760	Ashford	9,421	32,772
#3,761	Dallas	9,418	32,782
#3,762	Batchelor	9,417	32,786
#3,763	Cedeno	9,412	32,803

Who is named Lavoie

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

95% of people named Lavoie identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lavoies

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lobo
American singer-songwriter, born 1943

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Lavoie

Lavoie has the Soundex code L100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L100.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Lavoie come from?: From French Lavoie.
How common is the surname Lavoie?: 9,408 people in the United States had the surname Lavoie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,817 Americans. It ranked 3,765th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lavoie?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lavoie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lavoie?: Lobo, American singer-songwriter.
Where is the surname Lavoie most common?: Wikidata records people named Lavoie in the United States.
Is the surname Lavoie getting more or less common?: More common. 8,952 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,408 in 2010, up 5.1%.