How common is the surname Lorentz?

2,662 people in the United States had the surname Lorentz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 115,983 Americans. It ranked 11,767th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lorentz?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Lorentz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lorentz?

Pare Lorentz, American film director, screenwriter, and New Deal documentary filmmaker (1905–1992).

Where is the surname Lorentz most common?

Wikidata records people named Lorentz in the United States.

Is the surname Lorentz getting more or less common?

More common. 2,515 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,662 in 2010, up 5.8%.

The surname Lorentz

A Latin surname, carried by 2,662 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L653

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lorentz is more common than 92.7% of them.

Origin

Latin origin

Ultimately from Latin Laurentius.

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 2,662 people named Lorentz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 115,983 Americans. That is up 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,515.

#11,767

rank among US surnames

2,662

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+5.8%

change since 2000 (was #11,484)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,759	Frahm	2,664	115,895
#11,764	Boehmer	2,663	115,939
#11,767	Pesina	2,662	115,983

Who is named Lorentz

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

91% of people named Lorentz identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lorentzs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Pare Lorentz
American film director, screenwriter, and New Deal documentary filmmaker (1905–1992)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lorentz

Lorentz has the Soundex code L653, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L653.

Other Latin surnames

All 91 Latin surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Lorentz come from?: Ultimately from Latin Laurentius.
How common is the surname Lorentz?: 2,662 people in the United States had the surname Lorentz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 115,983 Americans. It ranked 11,767th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lorentz?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Lorentz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lorentz?: Pare Lorentz, American film director, screenwriter, and New Deal documentary filmmaker (1905–1992).
Where is the surname Lorentz most common?: Wikidata records people named Lorentz in the United States.
Is the surname Lorentz getting more or less common?: More common. 2,515 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,662 in 2010, up 5.8%.