How common is the surname Laury?

1,375 people in the United States had the surname Laury in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 224,542 Americans. It ranked 19,614th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Laury getting more or less common?

More common. 1,326 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,375 in 2010, up 3.7%.

The surname Laury

A Latin surname, carried by 1,375 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Laury is more common than 87.9% of them.

Origin

Latin origin

* As an English surname, variant of Lawry. * As a French surname, variant of Laur, from Latin laurus. Compare Lauro.

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 1,375 people named Laury in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 224,542 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,326.

#19,614

rank among US surnames

1,375

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+3.7%

change since 2000 (was #19,007)

Who is named Laury

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

56% of people named Laury identified as Black (not Hispanic), 39% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 56%
White (not Hispanic) 39%
Two or more races 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Laury

Laury 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 Laury come from?: * As an English surname, variant of Lawry. * As a French surname, variant of Laur, from Latin laurus. Compare Lauro.
How common is the surname Laury?: 1,375 people in the United States had the surname Laury in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 224,542 Americans. It ranked 19,614th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Laury?: In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Laury identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 39% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Laury getting more or less common?: More common. 1,326 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,375 in 2010, up 3.7%.