as a Last Name
- 4,156
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Lapierre
Meaning & Origins
French: topographic name for someone who lived on a patch of stony soil or by a large outcrop of rock, from Old French pierre ‘stone’, ‘rock’ (Latin petra, from Greek), with the definite article la, or a habitational name from various places named Lapierre or La Pierre, with the same meaning. It may also have been a metonymic occupational name for a quarryman or stone carver. In the U.S. it is often translated as Stone.
| 7,003rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 4,156
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Rhode Island
- has the most people named Lapierre per capita
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