The Lafargue surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 412 people carried this name — #50,659 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. That is down 2% from 419 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 3,022 people named Lafargue.
23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 80 départements, most often Landes.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 85 people named Lafargue live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
21 people named Lafargue live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Lafargue,
with a public archive behind them.
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Paul Lafargue 1842–1911 · writer -
Jean-Baptiste Lafargue 1744–1819 · politician
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Jean-Antoine Lafargue de Grangeneuve 1751–1793 · lawyer
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Édouard Lafargue 1803–1884 · playwright
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Jean-Paul Lafargue 1841–1921 · official
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Jacques Lafargue 1848–1906 · official
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lafargue.
- Ladouceur 1,289 · U.S. census
- Ladoux 139 · U.S. census
- Ladu 164 · U.S. census
- Lae 144 · U.S. census
- Lafaille 212 · U.S. census
- Lafarge 210 · U.S. census
- Lafaurie 148 · U.S. census
- Lafay 274 · U.S. census
- Lafaye 210 · U.S. census
- Laferriere 1,562 · U.S. census
- Laferte 130 · U.S. census
- Laffin 886 · U.S. census
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