Explore the Family Name Lashure

The meaning of Lashure

Variant of Lasure, a surname of French origin.

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

According to data drawn from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Lashure experienced a slight increase between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Lashure was ranked as the 67,113th most popular surname in the U.S., but by 2010 it had climbed to the 65,964th spot, marking a modest rise of 1.71 percent. The number of people bearing the surname also grew during this period, with an approximate 9.09 percent increase from 275 individuals in 2000 to 300 in 2010. However, its proportion per 100,000 people remained stagnant at 0.1.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#67,113	#65,964	1.71%
Count	275	300	9.09%
Proportion per 100k	0.1	0.1	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Lashure

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that among those who carry the Lashure surname, the majority identify as White. Between 2000 and 2010, there was a minor increase in this group, going up from 90.18 percent to 91.67 percent. During the same period, there was also a small emergence of Hispanic identity, which did not exist in the 2000 data, but constituted 2.33 percent of the total in 2010. The percentage of individuals identifying as Black decreased significantly, dropping by 46.56 percent from 4.36 percent in 2000 to 2.33 percent in 2010. The populations identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native were negligible or non-existent in both years, while the share identifying with two or more races saw a decrease of 17.58 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
White	90.18%	91.67%	1.65%
Two or More Races	3.64%	3%	-17.58%
Hispanic	0%	2.33%	0%
Black	4.36%	2.33%	-46.56%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%