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Laforest Name Meaning

French: topographic name for someone who lived in or near a royal forest, or a metonymic occupational name for a keeper or worker in one, from Old French forest, with the definite article la. Unlike modern French forêt, forest was not simply a word for extensive woodland, but referred specifically to large, partly or mainly wooded areas reserved by law for the king and his nobles to hunt in. Americanized form of French La Forêt, a modern spelling of 1, here translated into English with the article left intact. Compare Lafontaine.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press


Similar surnames: Forrest, Foret, Deforest, Laforge, Forst, Lefort, Laforce, Lafosse

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Laforest Family Origin

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Laforest Family Occupations

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  • Cultivateur

    25%

  • Journeyman

    9%

  • Navigateur

    9%

  • Fils

    4%

In 1881, a less common occupation for the Laforest family was Fils. The most common Laforest occupation in Canada was Cultivateur. 25% of Laforest's were Cultivateurs. Cultivateur, Journeyman and Navigateur were the top 3 reported jobs worked by Laforest.

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