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    The surname Laursen

    A surname, carried by 1,798 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L625

    Laursen: #16,100 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Laursen #16,100, 1,798 people Laursen: #16,100 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Laursen #16,100, 1,798 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Laursen is more common than 90.1% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,798 people named Laursen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 171,716 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,785.

    #16,100
    rank among US surnames
    1,798
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.7%
    change since 2000 (was #15,154)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,098Ferron1,799171,621
    #16,100Coughlan1,798171,716
    #16,108Parshall1,797171,812

    Who is named Laursen

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

    94% of people named Laursen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Laursen

    Laursen has the Soundex code L625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L625.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Laursen?
    1,798 people in the United States had the surname Laursen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 171,716 Americans. It ranked 16,100th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Laursen?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Laursen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Laursen getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,785 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,798 in 2010, up 0.7%.