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    The surname Laux

    A surname, carried by 4,176 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex L200

    Laux: #7,925 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Laux #7,925, 4,176 people Laux: #7,925 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Laux #7,925, 4,176 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Laux is more common than 95.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,176 people named Laux in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 73,933 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,611.

    #7,925
    rank among US surnames
    4,176
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +15.6%
    change since 2000 (was #8,406)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,920Petrillo4,17973,880
    #7,923Binns4,17873,898
    #7,924Autrey4,17773,916
    #7,925Laux4,17673,933
    #7,926Roop4,17573,951
    #7,928Barto4,17473,969
    #7,929Constant4,17373,986

    Who is named Laux

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

    94% of people named Laux identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Laux

    Laux has the Soundex code L200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Laux?
    4,176 people in the United States had the surname Laux in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,933 Americans. It ranked 7,925th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Laux?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Laux identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Laux getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,611 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,176 in 2010, up 16%.