Laporte Surname

12,733rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44,091 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Seychelles

Laporte Surname Definition:

(French) Dweller near a city gate or other large gate.

Laporte Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France21,1551:3,140207
United States9,4721:38,2664,717
Canada8,0051:4,603647
Haiti1,0371:10,3031,076
Brazil8221:260,43110,018
Belgium7721:14,8922,269
Argentina6651:64,2765,490
Seychelles4051:22832
Chile1631:108,0774,009
Uruguay1361:25,2342,945
England1311:425,32928,711
Spain1291:362,41920,499
Germany1111:725,27454,868
Philippines991:1,022,60886,972
Switzerland921:89,2719,885
French Polynesia681:4,129932
Australia641:421,80833,593
Netherlands631:268,05033,531
Dominican Republic541:193,2027,170
Puerto Rico481:73,9611,392
Thailand441:1,605,417210,847
Venezuela411:736,68512,312
Luxembourg411:14,1603,053
Turks and Caicos Islands381:903124
Cuba371:311,4255,451
New Caledonia361:7,6731,760
Colombia351:1,364,97310,441
South Africa331:1,641,74981,435
Costa Rica331:144,8512,103
India291:26,450,530346,896
Saint Lucia251:7,151862
Scotland171:314,93014,413
Denmark141:403,19427,097
Mexico131:9,548,17038,962
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Sweden121:820,56361,223
Austria111:774,13064,097
Fiji91:99,3771,883
Ivory Coast91:2,563,47041,100
New Zealand71:646,90340,014
Qatar61:393,00055,922
China51:273,464,31313,838
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Madagascar41:5,912,4595,394
Wales41:773,63329,106
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Algeria41:9,657,88864,782
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Peru31:10,594,70845,902
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Guatemala31:5,360,8898,925
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Nicaragua21:3,010,5457,383
Congo21:2,494,54828,763
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Malta11:430,2723,380
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Saint Barthelemy11:9,614134
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England291:840,53036,623
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3811:131,80812,617

Laporte (65) may also be a first name.

Laporte Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(French) Dweller near a city gate or other large gate.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Laporte Last Name Facts

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

The last name Laporte (Marathi: लपोटर्) is found in France more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Laporte? popularity and diffusion

The last name Laporte is the 12,733rd most commonly used family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 165,284 people. The last name Laporte occurs mostly in Europe, where 50 percent of Laporte live; 49 percent live in Western Europe and 48 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Laporte is also the 1,212,820th most frequently held forename internationally. It is borne by 65 people.

The surname is most prevalent in France, where it is borne by 21,155 people, or 1 in 3,140. In France Laporte is most prevalent in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 23 percent are found, Occitanie, where 20 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 16 percent are found. Apart from France Laporte exists in 90 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 21 percent are found and Canada, where 18 percent are found.

Laporte Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Laporte has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Laporte last name rose 2,486 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 452 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Laporte Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Laporte last name are 0.93% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 54.16% being registered with the political party.

The amount Laporte earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 83.18% more than the national average, earning R 435,300 per year; in Colombia they earn 3.22% more than the national average, earning $23,434,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 5.14% more than the national average, earning $45,365 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.13% less than the national average, earning $44,152 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Laporte Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Laporte in the Marathi language
लपोटर्lapotar-

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