The lafayette Surname

lafayette Name Meaning and History

Southern French: diminutive of Lafaye, a topographic name for someone living near a beech tree or beech wood, from Old French fage, variant of fou ‘beech’ (Latin fagus).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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lafayette Family Facts

Emigration Year (AU)Emigration Year (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Ports of Departure Occupations

Distribution of lafayette Families in the US in 1920

Number of lafayette families

16-29

6-15

1-5

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LaFayette	framesofmind1	0
LaFayette -	SRagan1489	24
Thomas LaFayette- b.Canada d. Muskegon, MI	Tom DeFayette	3
Seeking Jackson Co. IA. Burial Places	sethnut	1
Henry (Laurent) Lafayette	Pat Lafayette	17
Lafayette Family of Galveston, TX. in 1900	BasketLady420	0
Gilbert Lafayette, b. abt. 1821	BasketLady420	1
Lafayette	Janet	11
Looking for Mary A. Lafayette may have married!!!!!!	bhenderson54	1
F. Lafayette grave found in northeast Pennsylvania	Stephen Wheeles	1

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