How common is the surname Lauro?

1,730 people in the United States had the surname Lauro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 178,466 Americans. It ranked 16,582nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lauro?

In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Lauro identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lauro?

Germán Lauro, Argentine shot putter and discus thrower.

Where is the surname Lauro most common?

Wikidata records people named Lauro in Argentina.

Is the surname Lauro getting more or less common?

More common. 1,689 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,730 in 2010, up 2.4%.

Is Lauro also a first name?

Yes. Lauro 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 Lauro

A Latin surname, carried by 1,730 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L600 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). Lauro is more common than 89.8% of them.

Origin

Latin origin

From the Italian surname, from a personal name derived from Latin laurus.

One of 91 Latin surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,730 people named Lauro in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 178,466 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,689.

#16,582

rank among US surnames

1,730

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #15,825)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,575	Gaw	1,731	178,363
#16,582	Aune	1,730	178,466
#16,586	Curto	1,729	178,569

Who is named Lauro

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

85% of people named Lauro identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 12%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lauros

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Germán Lauro
Argentine shot putter and discus thrower, born 1984

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lauro

Lauro has the Soundex code L600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L600.

Other Latin surnames

All 91 Latin surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Lauro come from?: From the Italian surname, from a personal name derived from Latin laurus.
How common is the surname Lauro?: 1,730 people in the United States had the surname Lauro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 178,466 Americans. It ranked 16,582nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lauro?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Lauro identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lauro?: Germán Lauro, Argentine shot putter and discus thrower.
Where is the surname Lauro most common?: Wikidata records people named Lauro in Argentina.
Is the surname Lauro getting more or less common?: More common. 1,689 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,730 in 2010, up 2.4%.
Is Lauro also a first name?: Yes. Lauro 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.