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The Lack surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,661 people carried this name — #11,778 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 111,100 people counted. That is down 3% from 2,739 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

456 people named Lack live in Switzerland.

They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Solothurn.

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Where they live today

Solothurn 118
Aargau 70
Zurich 59
Basel-Landschaft 53
Bern 51
Neuchâtel 29
Lucerne 18
Vaud 14

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 177 people named Lack.

7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Moselle.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 7
Moselle 82
Haut-Rhin 32
Bas-Rhin 14
Paris 8
Rhône 7
Vosges 5
Yvelines 3
Calvados 3

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the Nordic population registers

139 people named Lack is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 139

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Lack in American newspapers,
1910–1911.

Newspaper page from The Progressive Farmer And Southern Farm Gazette carrying the name Lack
The Progressive Farmer And Southern Farm Gazette 1910-06-18
Newspaper page from The Progressive Farmer And Southern Farm Gazette carrying the name Lack
The Progressive Farmer And Southern Farm Gazette 1911-05-20
Newspaper page from The Progressive Farmer And Southern Farm Gazette carrying the name Lack
The Progressive Farmer And Southern Farm Gazette 1910-05-28

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,261,097 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Lack,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Théodore Lack
    Théodore Lack 1846–1921 · composer
  • Rudi Lack d. 2010 · missionary
  • Jakab Lackfi 1350–1409 · politician
  • Simon Lack 1805–1872 · judge
  • Josef Lack 1823–1910
  • Meyer Lack 1856–1942

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Lack.

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