Laroix Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Laroix Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 14 | 1:4,744,480 | 251,814 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Laroix Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Laroix Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Laroix is found most in France. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Laroix? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,772,636th most frequently occurring last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Laroix are found; 88 percent are found in Western Europe and 82 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
Laroix is most widespread in France, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 4,744,480. In France it is most numerous in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 93 percent live and Île-de-France, where 7 percent live. Not including France this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 12 percent live and Belgium, where 6 percent live.
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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
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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 Laroix
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