Lafitte Family Crest and Last Name Background

Where is the Lafitte last name found?

Lafitte ranked 33,990 in the 2010 US Census, with 669 people answering to the name. That puts it inside the top 50,000 US surnames. French civil records give 6,613 births under the name Lafitte from 1891 to 2000, peaking in 1951–1960.

What does Lafitte mean?

Where a surname's origin is uncertain, as with Lafitte, the best clues come from your own ancestors' parish and civil records. Local archives often hold baptisms and marriages that never reached online indexes.

Does every Lafitte family have a crest?

There is no single Lafitte family crest for all bearers; the honest first step is to find out which Lafitte line, if any, bore arms.

Get the complete Lafitte report, with a museum-style coat of arms.