Where does the surname Lourenco come from?

Lourenco is Portuguese in origin.

How common is the surname Lourenco?

1,728 people in the United States had the surname Lourenco in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 178,672 Americans. It ranked 16,593rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lourenco?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Lourenco identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lourenco?

Rogério Lourenço, Brazilian footballer and manager, followed by Ana Dias Lourenço.

Where is the surname Lourenco most common?

Wikidata records people named Lourenco in Brazil and Angola.

Is the surname Lourenco getting more or less common?

More common. 1,505 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,728 in 2010, up 15%.

The surname Lourenco

A Portuguese surname, carried by 1,728 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex L652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lourenco is more common than 89.8% of them.

Origin

Portuguese origin

A surname from Portuguese.

One of 71 Portuguese surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,728 people named Lourenco in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 178,672 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,505.

#16,593

rank among US surnames

1,728

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+14.8%

change since 2000 (was #17,316)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,586	Curto	1,729	178,569
#16,593	Bruneau	1,728	178,672
#16,601	Rapier	1,727	178,776

Who is named Lourenco

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

90% of people named Lourenco identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lourencos

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rogério Lourenço
Brazilian footballer and manager, born 1971
Ana Dias Lourenço
Angolan politician, born 1957
Luís Lourenço
Angolan footballer, born 1983
Patrick Lourenço
Brazilian boxer, born 1993
Éderson
Brazilian footballer (born 1999)
Rincón
Brazilian footballer, born 1987
MC Carol
Brazilian recording artist, born 1993

Notable Lourencos come mostly from Brazil (5) and Angola (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lourenco

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

Other Portuguese surnames

All 71 Portuguese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Lourenco come from?: Lourenco is Portuguese in origin.
How common is the surname Lourenco?: 1,728 people in the United States had the surname Lourenco in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 178,672 Americans. It ranked 16,593rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lourenco?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Lourenco identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lourenco?: Rogério Lourenço, Brazilian footballer and manager, followed by Ana Dias Lourenço.
Where is the surname Lourenco most common?: Wikidata records people named Lourenco in Brazil and Angola.
Is the surname Lourenco getting more or less common?: More common. 1,505 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,728 in 2010, up 15%.