How common is the surname Laurin?

1,303 people in the United States had the surname Laurin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 236,950 Americans. It ranked 20,394th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Laurin?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Laurin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Laurin getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,352 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,303 in 2010, down 3.6%.

Is Laurin also a first name?

Yes. Laurin 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 Laurin

A surname, carried by 1,303 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L650 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). Laurin is more common than 87.4% of them.

Origin

Alternative form of Lauren.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,303 people named Laurin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 236,950 Americans. That is down 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,352.

#20,394

rank among US surnames

1,303

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-3.6%

change since 2000 (was #18,755)

Who is named Laurin

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

91% of people named Laurin identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Lauren
Lauryn

Surnames that sound like Laurin

Laurin has the Soundex code L650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L650.

Questions

Where does the surname Laurin come from?: Alternative form of Lauren.
How common is the surname Laurin?: 1,303 people in the United States had the surname Laurin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 236,950 Americans. It ranked 20,394th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Laurin?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Laurin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Laurin getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,352 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,303 in 2010, down 3.6%.
What are other spellings of Laurin?: Lauren and Lauryn.
Is Laurin also a first name?: Yes. Laurin 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.