Lafosse

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Lafosse.

Proper noun

Lafosse (plural Lafosses)

1. A surname from French.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lafosse is the 35912^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 625 individuals. Lafosse is most common among White (67.52%), Black/African American (16.0%) and Hispanic/Latino (15.04%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lafosse”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 379.