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The Lauricella surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,126 people carried this name — #22,749 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 263,200 people counted. That is up 6% from 1,065 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Lauricella surname

A surname originating as a matronymic.

From a hypocoristic form of the personal name Laura.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Lauricella» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 250 people named Lauricella 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 Córdoba.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Córdoba 154
Buenos Aires Province 44
City of Buenos Aires 20
Santa Fe 16
Tucumán 16

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 81 people named Lauricella.

Most of them — 47 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 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 47
Bouches-du-Rhône 24
Loire 7
Isère 1
Paris 1
Var 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 80 people named Lauricella 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 Hainaut.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Hainaut 34
Liège 33
Limburg 8
Namur 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

39 people named Lauricella live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Ticino 10
Basel-Stadt 7
St. Gallen 6
Vaud 5
Basel-Landschaft 4
Solothurn 4
Schaffhausen 3

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.

Who carried it

People named Lauricella,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Elia Lauricella 1707–1780
  • Giuseppe Lauricella 1813–1866 · Catholic priest
  • Giuseppe Lauricella 1867–1913 · physicist
  • Remo Lauricella 1912–2003 · composer
  • Remo Lauricella 1912–2003 · composer
  • Calogero Lauricella 1919–1989 · Catholic priest

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

When the index is not enough

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