The Lasota surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 986 people carried this name — #25,152 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 303,000 people counted. That is up 2% from 970 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Lasota surname
From las (“forest”) + -ota.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Lasota» (Polish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
8,655 people named Lasota have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 9,453 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Łódź.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 148 people named Lasota 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 Entre Ríos.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 62 people named Lasota.
17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Seine-et-Marne.
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.
Who carried it
People named Lasota,
with a public archive behind them.
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Piotr Lasota 1876–1942 -
Stanisław Lasota 1899–1972 · architect -
Stanisław Lasota d. 1561 · king's secretary at the Polish court
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Beata Lasota 1560–
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Jan Lasota 1883–1973 · parson
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Jan Kanty Lasota 1899–1950
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lasota.
- Lary 1,706 · U.S. census
- Las 330 · U.S. census
- Lasalle 3,803 · U.S. census
- Laskar 182 · U.S. census
- Laskowski 4,284 · U.S. census
- Lasnier 120 · U.S. census
- Lassabe 131 · U.S. census
- Lassalle 620 · U.S. census
- Lasse 110 · U.S. census
- Lasseigne 998 · U.S. census
- Lasselle 128 · U.S. census
- Lasser 648 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Lasota is.
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