Subscribe >
Help
Member Login
Username Password (Forgot?)
Look up another surname
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
Learn the meaning and history of your first name
Share this page with friends and family

The lafayette name in History

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

lafayette Family Facts

Are you a Facebook user? Add lafayette family facts to your Facebook profile.
Distribution of lafayette Families in the US in 1920
Number of lafayette families
 16-29
 6-15		 1-5
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

Click on a state to view lafayette census records

Year

How is this helpful?

  • You can decide where (in which states) to start searching for lafayette records.
  • You can see how lafayette families moved over time by selecting different Census years.

What do I do next?

The information for this map came from Ancestry.com’s US Federal Census Collection.
  • Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, residence and occupation.
  • Click here to search lafayette census records.

More resources for your lafayette family history

Lafayette message board


Threads: 47 - Messages: 228
ThreadAuthorReplies
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
Viewing 1-10 of 47 |  Go to the full board

Start your FREE family tree. We'll start searching.

Enter a few simple facts about your family. We'll use what you enter to try and find more.

Begin your family tree with your name:


Member Connections

More Tools and Resources