The Lapierre surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,494 people carried this name — #7,406 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 65,800 people counted. That is up 5% from 4,274 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Lapierre surname
A surname from French, equivalent to English Stone.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Lapierre» (English), 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 3,576 people named Lapierre.
62 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 90 départements, most often Rhône.
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 184 people named Lapierre 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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
56 people named Lapierre live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 34 people named Lapierre 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
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Lapierre in American newspapers,
1883–1924.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,397 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Lapierre,
with a public archive behind them.
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Charles-Ferdinand Lapierre 1828–1893 · journalist -
Georges Lapierre 1886–1945 · school teacher -
Dominique Lapierre 1931–2022 · writer -
Michel Lapierre 1953–2023 · writer -
René Lapierre 1953– · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 87 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lapierre.
- Lapaix 241 · U.S. census
- Laparra 254 · U.S. census
- Lapere 172 · U.S. census
- Laperouse 134 · U.S. census
- Laperriere 306 · U.S. census
- Lapeyre 207 · U.S. census
- Lapin 784 · U.S. census
- Lapina 186 · U.S. census
- Lapine 1,157 · U.S. census
- Laplace 533 · U.S. census
- Laplante 7,195 · U.S. census
- Laplume 512 · U.S. census
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