The Lauro surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,730 people carried this name — #16,582 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 169,500 people counted. That is up 2% from 1,689 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Lauro surname
From the Italian surname, from a personal name derived from Latin laurus.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Lauro» (English), 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 692 people named Lauro 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 292 people named Lauro.
Most of them — 149 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
72 people named Lauro live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 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
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 print
Lauro in American newspapers,
1889–1925.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,316 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Lauro,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pietro Lauro d. 1568 · physician -
Vincenzo Lauro 1523–1592 · diplomat -
Pietro Lauro 1550–1568 · physician
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Antonio Lauro d. 1609 · Catholic priest
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Antonio Lauro 1498–1577 · Catholic priest
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Marco Lauro 1501–1571 · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lauro.
- Laureys 108 · U.S. census
- Lauri 409 · U.S. census
- Lauria 2,777 · U.S. census
- Lauricella 1,126 · U.S. census
- Laurie 3,526 · U.S. census
- Laurin 1,303 · U.S. census
- Lauron 189 · U.S. census
- Laury 1,375 · U.S. census
- Laus 241 · U.S. census
- Laut 273 · U.S. census
- Lauter 593 · U.S. census
- Lauterbach 1,954 · U.S. census
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