The Lapp surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,761 people carried this name — #4,568 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 38,000 people counted. That is up 21% from 6,415 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 485 people named Lapp.
15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 46 people named Lapp 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
29 people named Lapp live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.
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 the Nordic population registers
51 people named Lapp is counted in Finland.
Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Lapp in American newspapers,
1911–1913.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 56,506 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Lapp,
with a public archive behind them.
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J. Laurent-Lapp 1836–1904 · literary translator -
Jack Lapp 1884–1920 · baseball player -
Sarah Lapp d. 1780
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Jan Willemsz Lapp 1585–1684 · painter
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Jan Willemsz Lapp 1585–1663 · painter
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Daniel von Lapp 1836–1910 · entrepreneur
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lapp.
- Laplace 533 · U.S. census
- Laplante 7,195 · U.S. census
- Laplume 512 · U.S. census
- Lapointe 8,894 · U.S. census
- Laporta 1,540 · U.S. census
- Laporte 7,528 · U.S. census
- Laprade 2,067 · U.S. census
- Lapray 179 · U.S. census
- Lapre 463 · U.S. census
- Lapree 121 · U.S. census
- Laquay 219 · U.S. census
- Lara 83,067 · U.S. census
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