How common is the surname Lauritzen?

1,524 people in the United States had the surname Lauritzen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 202,589 Americans. It ranked 18,242nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lauritzen?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lauritzen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lauritzen?

Vilhelm Lauritzen, architect (1894–1984), followed by Lau Laritzen Jr..

Where is the surname Lauritzen most common?

Wikidata records people named Lauritzen in the Kingdom of Denmark.

Is the surname Lauritzen getting more or less common?

More common. 1,456 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,524 in 2010, up 4.7%.

The surname Lauritzen

A surname, carried by 1,524 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). Lauritzen is more common than 88.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,524 people named Lauritzen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 202,589 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,456.

#18,242

rank among US surnames

1,524

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+4.7%

change since 2000 (was #17,748)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,237	Shisler	1,525	202,456
#18,242	Makris	1,524	202,589
#18,246	Waltrip	1,523	202,722

Who is named Lauritzen

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

94% of people named Lauritzen identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lauritzens

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Vilhelm Lauritzen
Architect (1894–1984)
Lau Laritzen Jr.
Actor, Director, Studio Head (1910-1977)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lauritzen

Lauritsen

Lauritzen 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 Lauritzen?: 1,524 people in the United States had the surname Lauritzen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 202,589 Americans. It ranked 18,242nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lauritzen?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lauritzen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lauritzen?: Vilhelm Lauritzen, architect (1894–1984), followed by Lau Laritzen Jr..
Where is the surname Lauritzen most common?: Wikidata records people named Lauritzen in the Kingdom of Denmark.
Is the surname Lauritzen getting more or less common?: More common. 1,456 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,524 in 2010, up 4.7%.