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

The Laporte surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 7,176 people carried this name — #4,538 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 37,600 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 9,772 people named Laporte.

178 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 100 départements, most often Paris.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 178
Paris 783
Gironde 770
Landes 511
Cantal 442
Aveyron 394
Corrèze 393
Gard 309
Haute-Garonne 309

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 377 people named Laporte 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 Flemish Brabant.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Flemish Brabant 99
West Flanders 86
Brussels-Capital 42
East Flanders 42
Antwerp 30
Luxembourg Province 21
Limburg 19
Liège 17

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

97 people named Laporte live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 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 42
Geneva 18
Bern 12
Valais 11
Fribourg 6
Zurich 5
Jura 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

When the index is not enough

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