Lafitte Family History
Lafitte Name Meaning
French: topographic name for someone who lived near a boundary
mark, Old French fitte (Late Latin fixta petra ‘fixed
stone’, from the past participle of figere ‘to fix or fasten’),
or habitational name from any of several places in western France
named with this word.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Lafitte Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Lafitte families
 14 - 26  5 - 13 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Lafitte families
|
3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Lafitte last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Lafitte Family Origin
Lafitte Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Lafitte
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Lafitte Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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