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

The Lazarus surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,410 people carried this name — #7,541 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 66,700 people counted. That is up 4% from 4,256 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 409 people named Lazarus.

23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 23
Bas-Rhin 214
Haut-Rhin 52
Paris 33
Vosges 22
Moselle 18
Yvelines 9
Meurthe-et-Moselle 8
Meuse 4

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 86 people named Lazarus 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 Santa Fe.

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

Where they live today

Santa Fe 51
Chaco 22
City of Buenos Aires 13

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

25 people named Lazarus live in Switzerland.

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

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

Where they live today

Vaud 6
Solothurn 4
Geneva 3
Neuchâtel 3
Schwyz 3
Valais 3
Zurich 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.

In print

Lazarus in American newspapers,
1900–1914.

Newspaper page from The Lancaster Gazette carrying the name Lazarus
The Lancaster Gazette 1914-12-23
Newspaper page from The Pacific Commercial Advertiser carrying the name Lazarus
The Pacific Commercial Advertiser 1900-05-14
Newspaper page from El Paso Daily Herald carrying the name Lazarus
El Paso Daily Herald 1900-01-10

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 69,782 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Lazarus,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Henry Lazarus
    Henry Lazarus 1815–1895 · composer
  • Katie Lilian Lazarus d. 1935
  • Marks Lazarus 1757–1835
  • Aaron Lazarus 1777–1841
  • Hannah Lazarus 1783–1835
  • Caroline Lazarus 1790–1821

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

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Surnames next to Lazarus.

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