How common is the surname Lauritsen?

1,338 people in the United States had the surname Lauritsen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 230,752 Americans. It ranked 20,010th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lauritsen?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lauritsen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Lauritsen getting more or less common?

More common. 1,174 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,338 in 2010, up 14%.

The surname Lauritsen

A surname, carried by 1,338 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex L632

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lauritsen is more common than 87.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,338 people named Lauritsen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 230,752 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,174.

#20,010

rank among US surnames

1,338

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+14%

change since 2000 (was #20,898)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#20,010	Vanalstyne	1,338	230,752
#20,019	McKechnie	1,337	230,924

Who is named Lauritsen

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

95% of people named Lauritsen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lauritsen

Lauritzen

Lauritsen has the Soundex code L632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L632.

Questions

How common is the surname Lauritsen?: 1,338 people in the United States had the surname Lauritsen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 230,752 Americans. It ranked 20,010th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lauritsen?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lauritsen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Lauritsen getting more or less common?: More common. 1,174 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,338 in 2010, up 14%.