The Lauffer surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,273 people carried this name — #20,758 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 232,600 people counted. That is up 2% from 1,247 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
165 people named Lauffer live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 151 people named Lauffer.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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 Lauffer,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hans Lauffer 1560–1632 · mintmaster
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Hans Lauffer 1584–1632 · mintmaster
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Matthäus Lauffer 1587–1634 · mintmaster
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Conrad Lauffer 1608–1668 · counting token maker
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Lazarus Gottlieb Lauffer 1642–1709 · mintmaster
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Michael Lauffer 1665–1734 · goldsmith
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lauffer.
- Lauden 107 · U.S. census
- Laudicina 375 · U.S. census
- Laudon 276 · U.S. census
- Lauer 11,414 · U.S. census
- Laufer 2,700 · U.S. census
- Lauffenburger 219 · U.S. census
- Laug 247 · U.S. census
- Lauger 123 · U.S. census
- Launey 179 · U.S. census
- Lauper 228 · U.S. census
- Laur 751 · U.S. census
- Laura 2,122 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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