Lafrench Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Spain

Lafrench Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Lafrench Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Lafrench (13) may also be a first name.

Lafrench Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lafrench Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Lafrench is found most frequently in The United States. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lafrench? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lafrench is the 10,311,814th most widespread surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Lafrench reside; 67 percent reside in North America and 67 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Lafrench is also the 3,159,357th most widely held first name on earth, held by 13 people.

The last name Lafrench is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is primarily found in: Michigan, where 100 percent live. Excluding The United States Lafrench exists in one country. It is also common in Spain, where 33 percent live.

Lafrench Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Lafrench has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lafrench surname rose 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Llafrench941/
Lafrence8819/
Lafranch881/
Lefrench881/
Lafrenz801,332/
Lafrentz75576/
Lafrenze756/
Lofrinch755/
Laffrentz7128/
Lafrnz711/
Lofrenz670/
Lofrentz631/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Lafrench
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