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The Lafarge surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 210 people carried this name — #88,336 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is down 11% from 236 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Lafarge surname

Lafarge: a surname.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Lafarge» (French), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 2,149 people named Lafarge.

9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 75 départements, most often Haute-Vienne.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 9
Haute-Vienne 364
Puy-de-Dôme 297
Cantal 202
Paris 181
Dordogne 160
Corrèze 123
Charente 97
Saône-et-Loire 71

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Lafarge in American newspapers,
1891–1901.

Newspaper page from The Montgomery Advertiser carrying the name Lafarge
The Montgomery Advertiser 1901-12-15
Newspaper page from The Philipsburg Mail carrying the name Lafarge
The Philipsburg Mail 1901-12-20
Newspaper page from San Antonio Daily Light carrying the name Lafarge
San Antonio Daily Light 1891-09-01

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,860 pages in all carry the name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Lafarge is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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