Laporte Family History
Laporte Name Meaning
French: topographic name for someone who lived near the gates of a
fortified town (and often was in charge of them; thus in part a
metonymic occupational name), from Old French porte ‘gateway’,
‘entrance’ (from Latin porta, ‘door’, ‘entrance’), with the
definite article la. In French Canada it is a secondary
surname, which has also been used alone since 1670.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Laporte
Name Distribution of Laporte Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Laporte families
 52 - 102  18 - 51 |
 1 - 17  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Laporte families
|
4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Laporte last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Laporte Family Origin
Laporte Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Laporte
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Laporte Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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