How common is the surname Laszlo?

856 people in the United States had the surname Laszlo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 360,684 Americans. It ranked 28,001st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Laszlo?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Laszlo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Laszlo?

Philip de László, Anglo-Hungarian artist (1869-1937), followed by Paul László.

Where is the surname Laszlo most common?

Wikidata records people named Laszlo in the Kingdom of Hungary and the United States.

Is the surname Laszlo getting more or less common?

More common. 808 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 856 in 2010, up 5.9%.

Is Laszlo also a first name?

Yes. Laszlo is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Laszlo

A Hungarian surname, carried by 856 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L240 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Laszlo is more common than 82.7% of them.

Origin

Hungarian origin

Borrowed from Hungarian László, from the Slavic given name Ladislav, a variant of Vladislav. Doublet of Ladislaus.

One of 46 Hungarian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 856 people named Laszlo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 360,684 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 808.

#28,001

rank among US surnames

856

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+5.9%

change since 2000 (was #27,945)

Who is named Laszlo

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

95% of people named Laszlo identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.8%
Two or more races 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Laszlos

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Philip de László
Anglo-Hungarian artist (1869-1937)
Paul László
Architect (1900–1993)

Notable Laszlos come mostly from the Kingdom of Hungary (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Laszlo

Laszlo has the Soundex code L240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L240.

Other Hungarian surnames

All 46 Hungarian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Laszlo come from?: Borrowed from Hungarian László, from the Slavic given name Ladislav, a variant of Vladislav. Doublet of Ladislaus.
How common is the surname Laszlo?: 856 people in the United States had the surname Laszlo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 360,684 Americans. It ranked 28,001st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Laszlo?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Laszlo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Laszlo?: Philip de László, Anglo-Hungarian artist (1869-1937), followed by Paul László.
Where is the surname Laszlo most common?: Wikidata records people named Laszlo in the Kingdom of Hungary and the United States.
Is the surname Laszlo getting more or less common?: More common. 808 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 856 in 2010, up 5.9%.
Is Laszlo also a first name?: Yes. Laszlo is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.