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    The surname Launius

    A Lithuanian nickname surname, carried by 670 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex L520

    Launius: #33,941 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Launius #33,941, 670 people Launius: #33,941 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Launius #33,941, 670 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Launius is more common than 79.1% of them.

    Origin

    Lithuanian origin

    Borrowed from Lithuanian Launius, perhaps a nickname derived from launys (“hornless”).

    Launius is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 670 people named Launius in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 460,814 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 666.

    #33,941
    rank among US surnames
    670
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.6%
    change since 2000 (was #32,529)

    Who is named Launius

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

    97% of people named Launius identified as white (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Launius come from?
    Borrowed from Lithuanian Launius, perhaps a nickname derived from launys (“hornless”).
    How common is the surname Launius?
    670 people in the United States had the surname Launius in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 460,814 Americans. It ranked 33,941st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Launius?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Launius identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.9% as two or more races.
    What type of surname is Launius?
    Launius is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
    Is the surname Launius getting more or less common?
    More common. 666 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 670 in 2010, up 0.6%.