How common is the surname Lazzara?

1,380 people in the United States had the surname Lazzara in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 223,729 Americans. It ranked 19,559th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lazzara?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Lazzara identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lazzara?

Bernadette Peters, American actress and singer (born 1948).

Where is the surname Lazzara most common?

Wikidata records people named Lazzara in the United States.

Is the surname Lazzara getting more or less common?

More common. 1,332 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,380 in 2010, up 3.6%.

The surname Lazzara

A surname, carried by 1,380 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex L260

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

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,380 people named Lazzara in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 223,729 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,332.

#19,559

rank among US surnames

1,380

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+3.6%

change since 2000 (was #18,947)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,551	Nepomuceno	1,381	223,567
#19,559	Walder	1,380	223,729
#19,567	Kilbourn	1,379	223,891

Who is named Lazzara

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

92% of people named Lazzara identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.4%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lazzaras

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bernadette Peters
American actress and singer (born 1948)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lazzara

Lazzara has the Soundex code L260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L260.

Questions

How common is the surname Lazzara?: 1,380 people in the United States had the surname Lazzara in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 223,729 Americans. It ranked 19,559th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lazzara?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Lazzara identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lazzara?: Bernadette Peters, American actress and singer (born 1948).
Where is the surname Lazzara most common?: Wikidata records people named Lazzara in the United States.
Is the surname Lazzara getting more or less common?: More common. 1,332 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,380 in 2010, up 3.6%.