The Lafave surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,849 people carried this name — #8,558 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 76,900 people counted. That is up 6% from 3,624 in 2000.

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In print

Lafave in American newspapers,
1901–1912.

Newspaper page from Marietta Daily Leader carrying the name Lafave
Marietta Daily Leader 1901-09-22
Newspaper page from The Dakota Chief carrying the name Lafave
The Dakota Chief 1912-03-19
Newspaper page from El Paso Herald carrying the name Lafave
El Paso Herald 1910-06-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,816 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Lafave in Australian newspapers,
the 1910s.

52 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Lafave. The most, 51, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 23
Victoria 11
Western Australia 7
South Australia 6
Queensland 4
Tasmania 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Lafave.

Who carried it

People named Lafave,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William LaFave 1929–2016 · politician

Wikidata (CC0).

In the public record

People named Lafave,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States243 records

243 records of the Lafave name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 85
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 67
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 44
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 41
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Ernest E. Lafave

    Born 1924 in Michigan. Enlisted 1943 at Kalamazoo; driver from Kent County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Sand Lake Cemetery, Michigan.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Giuseppe Lafave

    Arrived at New York in 1906 aboard the Prinz Adalbert from Genoa and Naples, aged 21; laborer. From Caltagirone, Catania, Italy; bound for Boston.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Russell Thomas Lafave

    Born 1951; from Manchester, New Hampshire. U.S. Army, armor crewman; killed in action 1970 in Quang Tin, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 243 records for Lafave in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Canada13 records

13 records of the Lafave name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 9
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 3
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Florence C. Lafave

    Died 1919 in Inverness, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Francis Catherine Lafave

    Buried in 1957 at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record John Albert Lafave

    Died in service in 1945.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 13 records for Lafave in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Lafave name in the Netherlands Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Jacob Lafave

    Married in 1815 in Amsterdam; office clerk.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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