The La surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 4,892 people carried this name — #6,408 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 55,200 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 115 people named La.
Most of them — 108 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 4 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
84 people named La live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
La in American newspapers,
1866–1867.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,505,153 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to La.
- Kwasniewski 705 · U.S. census
- Kwasnik 529 · U.S. census
- Kwiatek 553 · U.S. census
- Kwiatkowski 6,342 · U.S. census
- Kwiecien 514 · U.S. census
- Ky 873 · U.S. census
- Laas 306 · U.S. census
- Lab 393 · U.S. census
- Labadie 1,774 · U.S. census
- Laban 529 · U.S. census
- Labar 1,973 · U.S. census
- Labare 331 · U.S. census
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