The Lauwers surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 305 people carried this name — #65,066 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is up 10% from 278 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 5,495 people named Lauwers 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 Antwerp.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 261 people named Lauwers.
31 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Nord.
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.
Who carried it
People named Lauwers,
with a public archive behind them.
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Balthasar Lauwers 1578–1645 · painter -
Frans Lauwers 1854–1931 · painter -
Coleta Lauwers d. 1842
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Nicolaes Lauwers 1600–1652 · visual artist
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Coenraed Lauwers 1622–1685 · visual artist
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Coenraed Lauwers 1632–1685 · visual artist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lauwers.
- Laut 273 · U.S. census
- Lauter 593 · U.S. census
- Lauterbach 1,954 · U.S. census
- Lauth 978 · U.S. census
- Lauture 600 · U.S. census
- Lauvray 129 · U.S. census
- Laux 4,176 · U.S. census
- Lauze 193 · U.S. census
- Lauzier 243 · U.S. census
- Lauziere 228 · U.S. census
- Lava 309 · U.S. census
- Lavache 181 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Lauwers is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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