Surname Spotlight: Laviolette

Where is the Laviolette last name found?

Counting heads is the honest place to start with Laviolette. Laviolette ranked 15,033 in the 2010 US Census, with 1,965 people answering to the name. That puts it inside the top 25,000 US surnames. From 1891 to 2000, 1,466 births in France were registered under Laviolette.

What does Laviolette mean?

Standard surname dictionaries do not settle the origin of Laviolette, so we research it family by family rather than guess.

Is there a Laviolette coat of arms?

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

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