Lafitte surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Lafitte surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 669 people carried this name — #33,990 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is down 5% from 701 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 3,106 people named Lafitte.

34 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 76 départements, most often Landes.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 34
Landes 1,283
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 591
Gironde 294
Lot-et-Garonne 116
Haute-Garonne 114
Paris 111
Tarn-et-Garonne 106
Gers 41

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 104 people named Lafitte 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

Buenos Aires Province 82
City of Buenos Aires 22

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Lafitte,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jean Lafitte
    Jean Lafitte 1776–1826 · entrepreneur
  • Alphonse
    Alphonse 1842–1882 · civil servant
  • Louise Lafitte d. 1909
  • Pierre Lafitte 1770–1821 · businessperson
  • Louis Lafitte 1770–1828 · painter
  • Michel Pascal Lafitte 1774–1839 · military officer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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