LaVene

surname · Latin script

Meaning: secondary surname, which has been used independently since 1763; a nickname for an adventurer, traveler, or someone very lucky

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ɫɑvin/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

LaVene is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 1.6M(measured from records)
  • FRFrance≈1 in 55M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

205 people, 2010

Sources
49 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.6M (inferred from the name graph)

United States

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

secondary surname, which has been used independently since 1763; a nickname for an adventurer, traveler, or someone very lucky. Associated names include Hus, Nus, and Mace.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

LaVene counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where LaVene is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States2051 in 1.6M255LaVene5
FR France≈1 est.≈1 in 55M6LaVene49
AU Australia——1——

205 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010, counting the spelling lavene. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

LaVene is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Lavène

30 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

LaVene is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Danish, definite plural of lav

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Latvian, Hokeja vārtsarga cimds ar aprīkojumu ripu ķeršanai

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Ms Lavene,
InformalHi Lavene,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 10 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting LaVene
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020255#80,289
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000225#78,838
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010205#90,113
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)194113—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)190113—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)192112—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)191112—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196111—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197110—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)193110—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19517—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19916—

Reference works 2

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name LaVene come from?
secondary surname, which has been used independently since 1763; a nickname for an adventurer, traveler, or someone very lucky. Associated names include Hus, Nus, and Mace. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce LaVene?
A machine transcription gives /ɫɑvin/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name LaVene mean?
Recorded meaning: secondary surname, which has been used independently since 1763; a nickname for an adventurer, traveler, or someone very lucky.
In which country does LaVene have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 205 people named LaVene, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled LaVene.
Where is LaVene most common?
LaVene is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.6 million people carrying it.
How common is the name LaVene?
In the United States, the national register counted 205 people named LaVene in 2010, about 1 in 1.6 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “LaVene”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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