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    The surname Lares

    A surname, carried by 3,773 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L620

    Lares: #8,700 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lares #8,700, 3,773 people Lares: #8,700 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lares #8,700, 3,773 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lares is more common than 94.6% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,773 people named Lares in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 81,830 Americans. That is up 56% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,413.

    #8,700
    rank among US surnames
    3,773
    people in 2010
    1.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +56.4%
    change since 2000 (was #11,879)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,694Veras3,77681,765
    #8,695Nicks3,77581,787
    #8,697Traver3,77481,809
    #8,700Andujar3,77381,830
    #8,704Shahan3,77281,852
    #8,705Avilez3,77181,874
    #8,706Kallas3,77081,895

    Who is named Lares

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    84% of people named Lares identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 13% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 84%
    • White (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • Two or more races 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lares

    Lares has the Soundex code L620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L620.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Lares?
    3,773 people in the United States had the surname Lares in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,830 Americans. It ranked 8,700th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lares?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Lares identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 13% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Lares getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,413 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,773 in 2010, up 56%.