The Lafaye 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 up 16% from 181 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,053 people named Lafaye.
23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 74 départements, most often Dordogne.
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 print
Lafaye in American newspapers,
1838.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,971 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Lafaye,
with a public archive behind them.
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Prosper Lafaye 1806–1883 · painter -
Georges Lafaye 1854–1927 · university teacher -
Gabriel Lafaye 1888–1959 · politician -
François Lafaye-des-Rabiers 1752– · politician
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Pierre-Benjamin Lafaye 1809–1867 · Romanist
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Marie Lafaye 1891–1945 · French resistance fighter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lafaye.
- Lae 144 · U.S. census
- Lafaille 212 · U.S. census
- Lafarge 210 · U.S. census
- Lafargue 412 · U.S. census
- Lafaurie 148 · U.S. census
- Lafay 274 · U.S. census
- Laferriere 1,562 · U.S. census
- Laferte 130 · U.S. census
- Laffin 886 · U.S. census
- Laffitte 555 · U.S. census
- Lafitte 669 · U.S. census
- Lafleche 508 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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