laforêst is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: laforêst
No. of characters: 9
Origin: France
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for laforêst

How popular is laforêst?

laforêst is common in France.

laforêst is ranked 39416 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Laforest bearers increased by 8.507135 per cent in 2010 US census to 1977 since 2000, the surname slipped by 59 spots and ranked at 14957. The last name was found in around 7 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 76.53 83.53
Black 17.3 11.2
Hispanic or Latino 2.83 2.36
Others 2.33 2.03
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.61 0
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4 0
LaForest is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Haiti which signifies that it is originated from Haiti. Around 12429 people have been found who wears LaForest as their family name. LaForest is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
15,956 Venezuela3
4,096 Dominican Republic3
4,231 Jamaica2
20,595 China2
9,185 Hong Kong2
5,726 Puerto Rico2
14,521 Portugal2
40,256 Mexico2
18,625 Japan2
9,591 Panama1
31,207 Ireland1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
107,212 South Africa1
34,581 Chile1
2,374 Bermuda1
2,935 Madagascar1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
36,547 Switzerland27
126,462 England22
91,381 Spain12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
27,919 Australia84
Countries with thousands of laforêst:
341 Haiti4,262
1,298 Canada3,949
14,944 United States2,258
4,599 France1,788
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Comments

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Carina Cates
 The origin of the name is French etymology comes from the agglutination of the prefix and the former French forest means forest this place name indicates the location of the ancestral home.
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Estefana Zingaro
 The origin of the name is French etymology comes from the agglutination of the prefix and the former French forest means forest this place name indicates the location of the ancestral home.

laforêst Namesakes

  • Edmond Laforest, Poet
  • Jayme Laforest, Screenwriter
  • Jean-Yves Laforest, Member of the Canadian House of Commons
  • Pete Laforest, Baseball player
  • Pete Laforest, Baseball player

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