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    The surname Lazo

    A surname, carried by 12,640 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L200

    Lazo: #2,850 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Lazo #2,850, 12,640 people Lazo: #2,850 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lazo #2,850, 12,640 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lazo is more common than 98.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 12,640 people named Lazo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,426 Americans. That is up 47% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,600.

    #2,850
    rank among US surnames
    12,640
    people in 2010
    4.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +47%
    change since 2000 (was #3,782)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,841Steinberg12,70924,293
    #2,842Breaux12,70524,301
    #2,843East12,68424,341
    #2,844McArthur12,68324,343
    #2,845Grey12,68024,349
    #2,846Wisniewski12,67524,359
    #2,847Pan12,66424,380

    Who is named Lazo

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

    83% of people named Lazo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 8.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 7.6% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 83%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 8.0%
    • White (not Hispanic) 7.6%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.0%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lazo

    Lazo 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 Lazo?
    12,640 people in the United States had the surname Lazo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,426 Americans. It ranked 2,850th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lazo?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Lazo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 8.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Lazo getting more or less common?
    More common. 8,600 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,640 in 2010, up 47%.