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lafave Name Meaning and History

North American variant of French Lefevre, the most common name in French-speaking Canada. As the vocabulary word fèvre ‘smith’ was replaced by forgeron, the meaning of the old word became opaque, and the name was reinterpreted by French Canadian immigrants as Lafève, from fève ‘(fava) bean’ (see Bean). Lafève would be heard as Lafave by English ears.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The lafave name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the lafave family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of lafave Families in the US in 1920
Number of lafave families
 33-64
 12-32		 1-11
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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