The Lazaro surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,061 people carried this name — #3,922 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 32,600 people counted. That is up 59% from 5,709 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 3,894 people named Lazaro 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 428 people named Lazaro.
206 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 46 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
70 people named Lazaro live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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
Lazaro in American newspapers,
1912.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 11,394 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Lazaro,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ladislas Lazaro 1872–1927 · politician -
Teresita S. Lazaro 1942– · politician -
Julia Lázaro 1916–1940 · tailor
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Cheche Lazaro 1945– · documentarian
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François Hadji-Lazaro 1956–2023 · actor
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Bruno Lazaro 1957– · screenwriter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lazaro.
- Layes 112 · U.S. census
- Laz 219 · U.S. census
- Lazar 6,093 · U.S. census
- Lazard 709 · U.S. census
- Lazare 734 · U.S. census
- Lazarevic 265 · U.S. census
- Lazarus 4,410 · U.S. census
- Lazic 447 · U.S. census
- Lazier 327 · U.S. census
- Lazzari 671 · U.S. census
- Lazzarini 373 · U.S. census
- Lazzaro 2,547 · U.S. census
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