How common is the surname Lorenz?

14,528 people in the United States had the surname Lorenz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,252 Americans. It ranked 2,483rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lorenz?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lorenz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lorenz?

Konrad Lorenz, Austrian zoologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1973 (1903–1989, followed by Edward Norton Lorenz.

Where is the surname Lorenz most common?

Wikidata records people named Lorenz in the United States and Austria.

How do you pronounce Lorenz?

Lorenz is /ləˈɹɛnz/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Lorenz getting more or less common?

More common. 14,501 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,528 in 2010, up 0.2%.

Is Lorenz also a first name?

Yes. Lorenz is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Lorenz

A German surname, carried by 14,528 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ləˈɹɛnz/ 2 syllables Soundex L652 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lorenz is more common than 98.5% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Lorenz, from Latin Laurentius.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 14,528 people named Lorenz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 21,252 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 14,501.

#2,483

rank among US surnames

14,528

people in 2010

4.9

per 100,000 Americans

+0.2%

change since 2000 (was #2,295)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,474	Barth	14,579	21,177
#2,475	Dove	14,560	21,205
#2,477	Noriega	14,559	21,207
#2,478	Cloud	14,555	21,212
#2,479	Stearns	14,554	21,214
#2,480	Nagel	14,545	21,227
#2,481	Weldon	14,538	21,237

Who is named Lorenz

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

94% of people named Lorenz identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lorenzs

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Konrad Lorenz
Austrian zoologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1973 (1903–1989
Edward Norton Lorenz
American mathematician and meteorologist (1917–2008)
Max O. Lorenz
American economist (1876–1959)
Robert Lorenz
American film director and producer, born 1965
Trey Lorenz
American singer, born 1969
Ericka Lorenz
American water polo player (born 1981)
Taylor Lorenz
American journalist, born 1984
Adolf Lorenz
Austrian physician (1854–1946)

Notable Lorenzs come mostly from the United States (6) and Austria (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lorenz

Lorenz has the Soundex code L652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L652.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Lorenz come from?: Borrowed from German Lorenz, from Latin Laurentius.
How common is the surname Lorenz?: 14,528 people in the United States had the surname Lorenz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,252 Americans. It ranked 2,483rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lorenz?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lorenz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lorenz?: Konrad Lorenz, Austrian zoologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1973 (1903–1989, followed by Edward Norton Lorenz.
Where is the surname Lorenz most common?: Wikidata records people named Lorenz in the United States and Austria.
How do you pronounce Lorenz?: Lorenz is /ləˈɹɛnz/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Lorenz getting more or less common?: More common. 14,501 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,528 in 2010, up 0.2%.
Is Lorenz also a first name?: Yes. Lorenz is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.