The Laforce surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,584 people carried this name — #17,709 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 185,200 people counted. That is up 4% from 1,520 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 338 people named Laforce.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Nord.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 232 people named Laforce live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in West Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Laforce.
- Lafleche 508 · U.S. census
- Lafleur 9,430 · U.S. census
- Lafon 1,588 · U.S. census
- Lafond 4,112 · U.S. census
- Lafont 722 · U.S. census
- Lafontaine 3,652 · 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
- Lafortune 1,574 · U.S. census
- Lafosse 625 · U.S. census
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