The Lauria surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,777 people carried this name — #11,362 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 106,400 people counted. That is up 7% from 2,595 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 2,365 people named Lauria 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
172 people named Lauria live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 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 138 people named Lauria.
Most of them — 106 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 74 people named Lauria live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Lauria in American newspapers,
1902–1914.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,734 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Lauria,
with a public archive behind them.
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Francesco Lorenzo Brancati di Lauria 1612–1693 · librarian -
Giuseppe Lauria 1805–1879 · politician -
Giuseppe Lauria 1612–1693 · philosopher
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Francesco Lauria 1769–1828 · jurist
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Amilcare Lauria 1854–1932 · writer
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Anthony Thomas Lauria 1929–2024 · mathematician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lauria.
- Laurenzi 343 · U.S. census
- Laures 238 · U.S. census
- Lauret 142 · U.S. census
- Lauretta 208 · U.S. census
- Laureys 108 · U.S. census
- Lauri 409 · U.S. census
- Lauricella 1,126 · U.S. census
- Laurie 3,526 · U.S. census
- Laurin 1,303 · U.S. census
- Lauro 1,730 · U.S. census
- Lauron 189 · U.S. census
- Laury 1,375 · U.S. census
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