The Labrador surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,036 people carried this name — #14,617 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 144,900 people counted. That is up 27% from 1,597 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 544 people named Labrador live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 94 people named Labrador.
35 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often French Guiana.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
30 people named Labrador live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Labrador in American newspapers,
1905–1919.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Labrador,
with a public archive behind them.
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Theodore Labrador Fraile 1888–1980 · Catholic bishop
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Jose Maria Labrador Arjona 1890–1977 · painter
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Enrique Labrador Ruiz 1902–1991 · writer
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Adelina Labrador 1913–1999 · painter
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José Julián Labrador Herraiz 1941– · poet
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Jean-Claude Labrador 1951– · politician
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Labrador.
- Labonne 219 · U.S. census
- Labonte 4,706 · U.S. census
- Laborde 4,095 · U.S. census
- Laborie 107 · U.S. census
- Labour 123 · U.S. census
- Labourdette 144 · U.S. census
- Labranche 1,303 · U.S. census
- Labre 141 · U.S. census
- Labrosse 480 · U.S. census
- Labrot 151 · U.S. census
- Labrousse 112 · U.S. census
- Labruyere 326 · U.S. census
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