# Laque (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/laque/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Catalan.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Catalan |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 523 |
| US rank (2010) | 41,579 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 590,336 people |
| Change since 2000 | +17% (448 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan Laqué, a variant of Llaqué, a topographic surname from a diminutive of llac (“pond”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Laque in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 46% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 48% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Similar surnames

Lake, Luque, League, Laux, Lage, Lewis, Leach, Lugo, Locke, Louis, Lacy, Lacey.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.