The Lauer surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,414 people carried this name — #3,161 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 25,800 people counted. That is up 1% from 11,281 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,082 people named Lauer.
76 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 40 départements, most often Moselle.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
217 people named Lauer have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 311 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 11 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Opole.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
149 people named Lauer live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 47 people named Lauer 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.
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 the Nordic population registers
34 people named Lauer is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
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
Lauer in American newspapers,
1871.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 58,561 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Lauer,
with a public archive behind them.
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Maria Lauer d. 1700
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Walter Lauer d. 1941
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Margaretha Christina Lauer d. 1872
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Georg Lauer 1401–1480 · printer
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David Lauer 1557–1619
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Johann Lauer 1560–1641 · bookseller
Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lauer.
- Lauch 189 · U.S. census
- Laud 254 · U.S. census
- Laude 642 · U.S. census
- Lauden 107 · U.S. census
- Laudicina 375 · U.S. census
- Laudon 276 · U.S. census
- Laufer 2,700 · U.S. census
- Lauffenburger 219 · U.S. census
- Lauffer 1,273 · U.S. census
- Laug 247 · U.S. census
- Lauger 123 · U.S. census
- Launey 179 · U.S. census
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