# Lorenzo (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/lorenzo/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Italian or Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 17,825 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,024 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 17,321 people |
| Change since 2000 | +42% (12,568 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Laurentius.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lorenzo in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 20% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 67% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 9.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lorenzo in Argentina and Andorra.

## People named Lorenzo

- Néstor Lorenzo, Argentine footballer and manager
- Juan Carlos Lorenzo, Argentine association manager and football player (1922–2001)
- Alfonso Lorenzo, Argentine footballer
- Iván Lorenzo, Andorran footballer
- Santiago Lorenzo, Argentinian athletics competitor (born 1978)

## Similar surnames

Lorenz, Lorence, Lorenzi, Liranzo, Loring, Lorenzen, Lorenzana, Lourenco, Lawrence, Lowrance, Laurence, Loranger.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.