The Lasky surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,554 people carried this name — #9,177 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 83,300 people counted. That is up 3% from 3,449 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Lasky surname

Variant of Laski.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Lasky» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Lasky in American newspapers,
1915–1920.

Newspaper page from The Enterprise carrying the name Lasky
The Enterprise 1915-11-18
Newspaper page from The Enterprise carrying the name Lasky
The Enterprise 1915-10-21
Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Lasky
Daily Kennebec Journal 1920-03-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Lasky in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1990s.

2,880 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Lasky. The most, 752, date from the 1960s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 4.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 1,855
New South Wales 514
Western Australia 176
Queensland 150
South Australia 95
Tasmania 68
ACT (Canberra) 10
Northern Territory 6

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Lasky.

Who carried it

People named Lasky,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jesse Louis Lasky
    Jesse Louis Lasky 1880–1958 · screenwriter
  • Bessie Lasky
    Bessie Lasky 1890–1972 · painter
  • Louis Lasky 1900– · singer
  • Jesse Louis Lasky Jr. 1910–1988 · screenwriter
  • Melvin J. Lasky 1920–2004 · historian
  • William Lasky 1921–1985 · film director

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Lasky,
in the records of 6 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States649 records

649 records of the Lasky name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 228
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 165
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 159
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 46
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 27
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 22
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Patrick Lasky

    Born 1912 in Pennsylvania. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jay Governors Island, New York; waiter. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Maria-C. C. Lasky

    Arrived at New York in 1851 aboard the Agnes from Bremen, aged 30; farmer. From Saxony, Germany; bound for Buffalo.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Joseph Leonard Lasky

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1934, died 1997; buried at Fort Custer National Cemetery, Michigan.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 649 records for Lasky in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia15 records

15 records of the Lasky name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 8
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 6
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Leon Lasky

    Company director of South Melbourne, Victoria; died 1993.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Philip Lasky

    Arrived in Victoria in 1912 aboard the Gneisenau, aged 32.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Aron B. Lasky

    Clerk of Elwood, Victoria; died 1956.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 15 records for Lasky in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada4 records

4 records of the Lasky name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Francis Lasky

    Buried in 1975 at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Dennis Lasky

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Henry G. Lasky

    Born 1875 in Economy, Colchester, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 4 records for Lasky in Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

France3 records

3 records of the Lasky name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Daniel William Georges Lasky

    Born 1952 in Neuilly-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine); died 1993 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Berthe Catherine Lasky

    Born 1902 in Audun-le-Tiche (Moselle); died 1974 in Germany.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Emile Jean Pierre Lasky

    Born 1904 in Audun-le-Tiche; died 1977 in Forbach (Moselle).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Netherlands3 records

3 records of the Lasky name in the Netherlands Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record August Wilhelm Joseph Lasky

    Married in 1901 in Amsterdam; "postdirecteur".

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Karel Lasky

    Died 1815 in Maastricht, aged 30.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Irma Lasky

    Married in 1937 in Haarlem.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Germany1 record

1 record of the Lasky name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Wilhelm Lasky

    From Kiel. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 2 January 1915 (Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 84).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

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