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 map

Where they were born

Born outside France 13

Ardèche 42

Finistère 31

Paris 22

Allier 18

Drôme 13

Sarthe 10

Eure-et-Loir 9

Hérault 9

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

Namur 51

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

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