The Lavis surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 492 people carried this name — #41,657 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 230 people named Lavis.
13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 départements, most often Ardèche.
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 51 people named Lavis 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 Namur.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lavis.
- Lavier 230 · U.S. census
- Lavigne 6,881 · U.S. census
- Laville 155 · U.S. census
- Lavin 6,435 · U.S. census
- Lavina 170 · U.S. census
- Laviolette 1,693 · U.S. census
- Lavoie 8,952 · U.S. census
- Lavole 253 · U.S. census
- Lavy 694 · U.S. census
- Lawniczak 458 · U.S. census
- Lawrence 124,321 · U.S. census
- Lawson 115,186 · U.S. census
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