Lafrenière Surname
Approximately 301 people bear this surname
Lafrenière Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 296 | 1:124,478 | 13,021 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
The alternate forms: Lafreniere (10,975) & Lafréniere (1) are calculated separately.
Lafrenière Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lafrenière Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lafrenière is more frequently found in Canada than any other country/territory. It can also occur as: Lafreniere or Lafréniere. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lafrenière? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 891,661st most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 24,211,116 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Lafrenière are found; 99 percent are found in North America and 95 percent are found in Gallo-North America.
The surname is most frequent in Canada, where it is carried by 296 people, or 1 in 124,478. In Canada it is primarily found in: Quebec, where 97 percent are found, Ontario, where 3 percent are found and Saskatchewan, where 0 percent are found. Apart from Canada this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lafreniere | 97 | 10,975 | / |
| Lafréniere | 93 | 1 | / |
| Lafranière | 90 | 1 | / |
| Lafrenierre | 86 | 60 | / |
| Lafrenierer | 86 | 4 | / |
| Lafresniere | 86 | 4 | / |
| Lafrieniere | 86 | 3 | / |
| Lafreiniere | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lafrenierez | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lafreeniere | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lafraeniere | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lafrenieres | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lafrenier | 84 | 378 | / |
| Lafriniere | 80 | 135 | / |
| Laffrenier | 80 | 71 | / |
| Lafraniere | 80 | 42 | / |
| Lafrienier | 80 | 13 | / |
| Lefreniere | 80 | 11 | / |
| Lafreniera | 80 | 1 | / |
| Laffrienier | 76 | 0 | / |
| Lafernier | 74 | 93 | / |
| Lafrinier | 74 | 32 | / |
| Laffernier | 70 | 3 | / |
| Laffrinier | 70 | 0 | / |
| Laferniere | 50 | 4 | / |
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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 Lafrenière
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