Lacaille — Family Name, Records and Arms

Official name counts are where our Lacaille file begins. From 1891 to 2000, 3,530 births in France were registered under Lacaille. Births ran at 141 in 1891–1900 and 359 in 1991–2000.

Heraldry and the Lacaille name

A coat of arms was granted to a particular family line, not to everyone named Lacaille, so a shared surname is a clue rather than a claim to the arms.

Researching the origin

Census returns, passenger lists and civil registers are the best places to follow a Lacaille line back. No reliable dictionary entry explains Lacaille, so any origin we give a client is traced from their own ancestors.

In Wikidata, Lacaille is listed as a French surname. Get the complete Lacaille report, with a museum-style coat of arms.