Lauria surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

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.

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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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 1,303
City of Buenos Aires 447
Santa Fe 188
Entre Ríos 82
Mendoza 64
Córdoba 63
Chaco 60
San Luis 29

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 map

Where they live today

Zurich 64
Vaud 26
Aargau 21
Ticino 19
Bern 13
Thurgau 6
Schwyz 6
Fribourg 5

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

Born outside France 106
Bouches-du-Rhône 8
Moselle 8
Paris 3
Rhône 3
Meurthe-et-Moselle 3
Côte-d’Or 2
Alpes-Maritimes 2
Loire 1

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

Liège 25
Flemish Brabant 20
Namur 11
Brussels-Capital 7
Walloon Brabant 6
Hainaut 5

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.

Newspaper page from The Lancaster Ledger carrying the name Lauria
The Lancaster Ledger 1902-02-26
Newspaper page from The Montgomery Advertiser carrying the name Lauria
The Montgomery Advertiser 1914-12-13
Newspaper page from The Pensacola Journal carrying the name Lauria
The Pensacola Journal 1908-10-13

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.

  • Francesco Lorenzo Brancati di Lauria
    Francesco Lorenzo Brancati di Lauria 1612–1693 · librarian
  • Giuseppe Lauria
    Giuseppe Lauria 1805–1879 · politician
  • Giuseppe Lauria 1612–1693 · philosopher
  • Francesco Lauria 1769–1828 · jurist
  • Amilcare Lauria 1854–1932 · writer
  • Anthony Thomas Lauria 1929–2024 · mathematician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Lauria is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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