The Laurence surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,336 people carried this name — #9,722 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 88,500 people counted. That is up 9% from 3,049 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,371 people named Laurence.
30 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 72 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 105 people named Laurence 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 print
Laurence in American newspapers,
1899–1910.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 124,707 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Laurence.
- Laura 2,122 · U.S. census
- Laurain 382 · U.S. census
- Laurance 325 · U.S. census
- Laurant 204 · U.S. census
- Laure 155 · U.S. census
- Laurelli 135 · U.S. census
- Laurenceau 234 · U.S. census
- Laurendeau 348 · U.S. census
- Laurens 338 · U.S. census
- Laurenson 212 · U.S. census
- Laurent 6,665 · U.S. census
- Laurenti 363 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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