The Lafont surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 722 people carried this name — #31,960 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 416,700 people counted. That is up 9% from 662 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Lafont surname
A habitational surname, Lafont, from landforms.
Topographic surname for someone living near a well, from la + font.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Lafont» (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 5,276 people named Lafont.
116 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 95 départements, most often Gard.
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 353 people named Lafont 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
35 people named Lafont live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 Lafont,
with a public archive behind them.
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Charles Philippe Lafont 1781–1839 · composer -
Pierre-Chéri Lafont 1797–1873 · actor -
Pierre-Chéri Lafont 1797–1873 · actor -
Marcelin-Léger Lafont 1800–1838 · singer -
Louis-Charles-Georges-Jules Lafont 1825–1908 · Officer of the French Navy -
Henri Lafont d. 1863
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lafont.
- Laffitte 555 · U.S. census
- Lafitte 669 · U.S. census
- Lafleche 508 · U.S. census
- Lafleur 9,430 · U.S. census
- Lafon 1,588 · U.S. census
- Lafond 4,112 · U.S. census
- Lafontaine 3,652 · U.S. census
- Laforce 1,584 · U.S. census
- Lafore 220 · U.S. census
- Laforest 1,977 · U.S. census
- Laforet 198 · U.S. census
- Laforge 2,231 · U.S. census
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