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

The Laforge surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,231 people carried this name — #13,588 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 131,600 people counted. That is up 9% from 2,050 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,590 people named Laforge.

24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 74 départements, most often Paris.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 24
Paris 165
Pas-de-Calais 146
Charente 139
Manche 104
Nord 95
Loire 84
Aisne 71
Dordogne 59

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 147 people named Laforge 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 Luxembourg Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Luxembourg Province 54
Namur 32
Hainaut 27
Liège 15
Brussels-Capital 10
West Flanders 9

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

28 people named Laforge live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 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

Vaud 15
Neuchâtel 6
Geneva 4
Fribourg 3

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.

In print

Laforge in American newspapers,
1860–1925.

Newspaper page from Wadsworth Semi-weekly Dispatch carrying the name Laforge
Wadsworth Semi-weekly Dispatch 1904-01-12
Newspaper page from Baltimore Wecker carrying the name Laforge
Baltimore Wecker 1860-06-20
Newspaper page from San Antonio Light carrying the name Laforge
San Antonio Light 1925-10-25

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,841 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Laforge,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Théophile Laforge
    Théophile Laforge 1863–1918 · violist
  • Marie Laforge 1865–1942 · educator
  • Raymond Laforge 1898–1941
  • Jean Laforge 1925– · conductor
  • Lorne Laforge 1932–2003 · university teacher
  • Ed LaForge 1935–2018 · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

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