The Lafuente surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 911 people carried this name — #26,727 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 322,600 people counted. That is up 20% from 761 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 5,471 people named Lafuente 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 287 people named Lafuente.
91 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 38 départements, most often Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
39 people named Lafuente live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 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 Lafuente,
with a public archive behind them.
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Modesto Lafuente 1806–1866 · writer -
Enrique Lafuente 1815–1850 · politician -
Miguel Lafuente Alcántara 1817–1850 · writer -
Felix Lafuente 1865–1927 · illustrator -
Tadeo Lafuente Gómez 1800–1811 · physician
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Romualdo Lafuente 1820–1876 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lafuente.
- Laforet 198 · U.S. census
- Laforge 2,231 · U.S. census
- Lafortune 1,574 · U.S. census
- Lafosse 625 · U.S. census
- Lafoy 450 · U.S. census
- Lafrance 5,574 · U.S. census
- Laga 271 · U.S. census
- Lagana 1,182 · U.S. census
- Lagard 147 · U.S. census
- Lagarde 1,561 · U.S. census
- Lagasse 2,823 · U.S. census
- Lage 2,026 · U.S. census
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