The Lavoie surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,408 people carried this name — #3,765 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 31,300 people counted. That is up 5% from 8,952 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Lavoie surname
A habitational surname, Lavoie.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Lavoie» (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 71 people named Lavoie.
11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Lavoie in American newspapers,
1912–1959.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,715 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Lavoie,
with a public archive behind them.
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Edouardina Lavoie 1874– -
Herménégilde Lavoie 1908–1973 · film director -
Richard Lavoie 1937– · screenwriter -
Lobo 1943– · composer -
Daniel Lavoie 1949– · actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 197 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lavoie.
- Lavigne 7,204 · U.S. census
- Laville 178 · U.S. census
- Lavin 6,679 · U.S. census
- Lavina 198 · U.S. census
- Laviolette 1,965 · U.S. census
- Lavis 408 · U.S. census
- Lavole 253 · U.S. census
- Lavy 783 · U.S. census
- Lawniczak 472 · U.S. census
- Lawrence 129,699 · U.S. census
- Lawson 119,053 · U.S. census
- Lay 18,468 · U.S. census
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