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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

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Distribution of lafayette Families in the US in 1920

Number of lafayette families

16-29

6-15

1-5

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Thread	Author	Replies
Lafayettes in MS and AL	andycook81	1
Looking for Family members	camillelafayette09	1
Lafayette,William,P.--Vt.--d 1891	Richard Lafayette	19
Fiatt or Lafayette	ncm3675	0
Henry Lafayette Kaan, 81 of Kansas City, Kan.,son of, Henry and Vivian (Butler) Kaan.	KENNELLYMARKA	0
LaFayette -	SRagan1489	26
LaFayette	framesofmind1	0
Thomas LaFayette- b.Canada d. Muskegon, MI	Tom DeFayette	3
Seeking Jackson Co. IA. Burial Places	sethnut	1
Henry (Laurent) Lafayette	Pat Lafayette	17

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