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The Laval surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 201 people carried this name — #91,625 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is down 1% from 204 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Laval surname

Laval: a habitational surname from landforms.

From la (“the”) + val (“vale (valley)”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Laval» (French), 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 5,543 people named Laval.

59 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 96 départements, most often Corrèze.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 59
Corrèze 741
Dordogne 563
Paris 452
Lot 356
Loire 259
Rhône 229
Gironde 161
Tarn 159

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 312 people named Laval 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 173
Entre Ríos 84
Corrientes 20
Santa Fe 19
City of Buenos Aires 16

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 194 people named Laval 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.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Luxembourg Province 89
Liège 56
Namur 42
Brussels-Capital 7

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

49 people named Laval 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

Vaud 12
Geneva 10
Fribourg 9
Lucerne 8
Neuchâtel 6
Valais 4

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 Laval,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Guy VII de Laval
    Guy VII de Laval 1219–1267 · aristocrat
  • Guy VII de Laval
    Guy VII de Laval 1219–1265 · aristocrat
  • André de Laval-Montmorency
    André de Laval-Montmorency 1408–1485 · military personnel
  • Louis-Joseph de Montmorency-Laval
    Louis-Joseph de Montmorency-Laval 1724–1808 · bishop
  • Pierre de Laval d. 1357 · Catholic priest
  • Pierre-Émile Laval d. 1980

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Laval.

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