Explore the Family Name Lafary

The meaning of Lafary

Altered form of French Laferre, which is unexplained, or of some other similar (like-sounding) French or German surname. The surname Laferre is no longer found in France. History: The ancestor(s) of the Lafaries came to North America before 1770, presumably from Lorraine, France, and settled in Ripley County, IN.

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How common is the last name Lafary in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Lafary has seen an increase in popularity between 2000 and 2010. Ranked as the 62,046th most popular name in 2000, it had improved its rank to the 60,347th by 2010, a change of approximately 2.74%. In terms of count, there were 302 people with this surname in 2000 compared to 334 a decade later, marking an increase of 10.6%. The proportion per 100,000 people remained consistent at 0.11 during both years.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#62,046	#60,347	2.74%
Count	302	334	10.6%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.11	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Lafary

In terms of ethnicity, information from the Decennial U.S. Census indicates that individuals with the surname Lafary are predominantly of White ethnic identity. This group comprised 99.01% of people with this surname in 2000, decreasing slightly to 96.11% in 2010. There were no recorded instances of the Lafary surname among Asian/Pacific Islanders, those of two or more races, Black individuals, and American Indian and Alaskan Natives during these years. However, individuals identifying as Hispanic and bearing the name Lafary appeared in the 2010 census, accounting for 1.5% of people with this surname.

	2000	2010	Change
White	99.01%	96.11%	-2.93%
Hispanic	0%	1.5%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%