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The Lavigne surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,204 people carried this name — #4,891 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 41,000 people counted. That is up 5% from 6,881 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Lavigne surname

From French la vigne (“the vine, the vineyard”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Lavigne» (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 5,469 people named Lavigne.

82 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 98 départements, most often Landes.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 82
Landes 396
Paris 384
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 380
Gironde 312
Saône-et-Loire 277
Hautes-Pyrénées 215
Cantal 200
Ariège 155

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 232 people named Lavigne 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 154
City of Buenos Aires 35
Río Negro 33
Neuquén 10

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

In Belgium’s population register

At least 191 people named Lavigne 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 Limburg.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Limburg 69
Liège 57
Namur 24
Flemish Brabant 23
Antwerp 13
Luxembourg Province 5

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 Lavigne live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 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 31
Fribourg 9
Geneva 6
Valais 6
Neuchâtel 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.

In print

Lavigne in American newspapers,
1894–1958.

Newspaper page from The Madison Daily Leader carrying the name Lavigne
The Madison Daily Leader 1894-12-17
Newspaper page from East St. Louis Daily Journal carrying the name Lavigne
East St. Louis Daily Journal 1920-04-27
Newspaper page from Labor Citizen carrying the name Lavigne
Labor Citizen 1958-12-04

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 19,264 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Lavigne,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Charles Lavigne
    Charles Lavigne 1840–1913 · Catholic priest
  • Ernest Lavigne
    Ernest Lavigne 1851–1909 · composer
  • Raymond Lavigne
    Raymond Lavigne 1851–1930 · trade unionist
  • Alice Lavigne
    Alice Lavigne 1854–1909 · singer
  • Kid Lavigne
    Kid Lavigne 1869–1928 · boxer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 115 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Lavigne.

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