Lafaye History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

Early Origins of the Lafaye family

The surname Lafaye was first found in Auvergne, a historic province in south central France where this distinguished family held a family seat since ancient times.

Early History of the Lafaye family

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Lafaye Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Fayet, Fayettes, Fayette, Lafayet, Delafayet, Lafayette, La Fauyet, La Fayets, La Fayettes, De La Fayettes, Des Fayettes and many more.

Early Notables of the Lafaye family

Notable amongst the family was Mathieu Fayet, Treasurer of France at Bordeaux, in 1603; Louise Angélique Motier de la Fayette (1618-1665), French courtier and close friend of King Louis XIII; Marie-Madeleine Pioche de...
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Lafaye Ranking

In France, the name Lafaye is the 1,620^th most popular surname with an estimated 3,691 people with that name. 1

Lafaye migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Lafaye Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Dominique Lafaye, aged 23, who landed in New York in 1799 2

Lafaye migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Lafaye Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century

René-Antoine Lafaye, who married Françoise Coureau, daughter of Cybar and Marie-Françoise, in Lachine, Quebec on 13th September 1688 3
Pierre Lafaye, son of Jacques and Judith, who married Marie Massart, daughter of Nicolas and Anne, in Montreal, Quebec on 22nd June 1698 3

Lafaye Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Pierre Lafaye, son of Pierre and Madeleine, who married Marie-Geneviève Boda, daughter of Pierre and Françoise, in Repentigny, Quebec on 26th June 1718 3
Antoine Lafaye, son of Pierre and Marie, who married Élisabeth Morand, daughter of Jean and Élisabeth, in Quebec on 7th February 1735 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Lafaye (post 1700) +

Wanda LaFaye Young (1943-2021), also known as Wanda Rogers, was an American singer, member and co-lead singer of the popular Motown all-female singing group the Marvelettes
Sharon Lafaye Jones (1956-2016), American Grammy Award nominated soul and funk singer, lead singer of Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Rita LaFaye Webb, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas, 1972 4

Citations +

http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Internoscia, Arthur E., and Claire Chevrier. Dictionnaire National des Canadiens Français 1608-1760. Vol. 2, Institut Drouin, 1958.
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 8) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html