Last Name LAFAVE

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Not available

Origin	French

Rank	8,386 (2000 US census)	7,746 (1990 US census)

Count	3,624 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

94.23%, or 3415 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0.25%, or 9 total occurrences, as black,
0.58%, or 21 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
2.1%, or 76 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.32%, or 48 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.52%, or 55 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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