Lavoie Surname
Approximately 60,513 people bear this surname
Lavoie Surname User-submission:
Lavoie is a French surname, denoting someone who dwells by the road.
Lavoie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 47,636 | 1:773 | 29 |
| United States | 12,388 | 1:29,259 | 3,625 |
| France | 123 | 1:540,022 | 73,838 |
| Iran | 82 | 1:936,372 | 44,282 |
| Dominican Republic | 77 | 1:135,493 | 5,426 |
| England | 34 | 1:1,638,766 | 68,634 |
| Brazil | 28 | 1:7,645,512 | 174,288 |
| Thailand | 24 | 1:2,943,264 | 289,518 |
| Switzerland | 11 | 1:746,629 | 49,719 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| Haiti | 6 | 1:1,780,651 | 14,597 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 102 | 1:492,340 | 34,768 |
Lavoie (141) may also be a first name.
Lavoie Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Lavoie is a French surname, denoting someone who dwells by the road.
- deleted-173293Lavoie Demographics
Average Lavoie Salary in
United States
$45,697 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Lavoie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lavoie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lavoie (Arabic: افوا) is more frequently found in Canada than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Lavoie.
How Common Is The Last Name Lavoie? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 9,352nd most frequently held surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 120,429 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Lavoie live; 99 percent live in North America and 67 percent live in Gallo-North America. Lavoie is also the 778,371st most commonly held first name in the world, held by 141 people.
Lavoie is most frequent in Canada, where it is carried by 47,636 people, or 1 in 773. In Canada it is most prevalent in: Quebec, where 86 percent are found, Ontario, where 6 percent are found and New Brunswick, where 2 percent are found. Not including Canada this surname is found in 61 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 20 percent are found and France, where 0 percent are found.
Lavoie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Lavoie has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lavoie surname expanded 12,145 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Lavoie Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Lavoie surname are 8.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 62% registered with the political party.
The amount Lavoie earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 5.91% more than the national average, earning $45,697 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.85% less than the national average, earning $41,309 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lavoie Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lavoie in the Arabic language | ||
| افوا | afwa | - |
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Lavoie Reference & Research
Lavoie FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Lavoie
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