Laperouse Surname

921,780th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 287 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
France

Laperouse Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Laperouse Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2051:1,768,092116,364
France811:820,03498,127
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

The alternate forms: Lapérouse (11) are calculated separately.

Laperouse Last Name Facts

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

The surname Laperouse occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: Lapérouse. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Laperouse? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 921,780th most frequently occurring surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 25,392,146 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 71 percent of Laperouse live; 71 percent live in North America and 71 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Laperouse is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 205 people, or 1 in 1,768,092. In The United States Laperouse is most common in: Louisiana, where 81 percent live, Texas, where 13 percent live and Colorado, where 1 percent live. Excluding The United States this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in France, where 28 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Laperouse Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Laperouse has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Laperouse last name rose 2,929 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Laperouse Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Laperouse are 24.2% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 70.97% registered with the political party.

Laperouse earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 15.79% less than the national average, earning $36,336 USD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Laperouse
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