Lafave Family History
Lafave Name Meaning
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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Name Distribution of Lafave Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Lafave families
 33 - 64  12 - 32 |
 1 - 11  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Lafave Family Origin
Lafave Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Lafave
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Lafave Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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