The Lazo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,640 people carried this name — #2,850 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 23,300 people counted. That is up 47% from 8,600 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 5,874 people named Lazo 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
51 people named Lazo live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 25 people named Lazo.
Most of them — 16 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Aisne.
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 the Nordic population registers
30 people named Lazo is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Lazo in American newspapers,
1920–1926.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 19,650 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Lazo in Australian newspapers,
1910s–1980s.
52 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Lazo. The most, 20, date from the 1930s.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Lazo.
Who carried it
People named Lazo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johannes Lazo 1448–1523 · poet -
Francisco Lazo Martí 1869–1909 · physician -
Sergey Lazo 1894–1920 · military personnel -
Casimiro Lazo d. 1884 · politician
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Raul Del Carmen Lazo Quinteros d. 1973 · farmworker
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Alejandro Cuadra 1861–1938 · lawyer
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Lazo,
in the records of 4 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States278 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 188
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 51
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 15
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 12
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 7
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 5
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Teodoro P. LazoBorn 1907 in Mexico. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Bliss El Paso, Texas; farm hand from El Paso County, Texas. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Texas.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Giuseppe LazoArrived at New York in 1907 aboard the Lazio from Messina and Naples, aged 28; country man. From Castellamare Del Golfo, Trapani, Italy; bound for New York.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) -
Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Nicholas LazoU.S. Army veteran of the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Born 1931, died 1995; buried at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Pennsylvania.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Showing 3 of 278 records for Lazo in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).
France7 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Daniel Emmanuel LazoBorn 1944 in Saint-Gobain (Aisne); died 2000 in Mantes-la-Jolie (Yvelines).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Therese Maria Del LazoBorn 1907 in Spain; died 2001 in Narbonne (Aude).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Emmanuel Charles LazoBorn 1924 in Hargicourt (Aisne); died 1976 in Villepinte (Seine-Saint-Denis).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 7 records for Lazo in France.
Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).
Canada3 records
- City of Calgary cemetery records 2
- City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Nicholas Martin LazoBuried in 1971 at Union Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 83.
City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. -
Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Mary A. LazoBuried in 1962 at Union Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.
City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
Showing 2 of 3 records for Lazo in Canada.
Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).
Netherlands1 record
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Example: burial register, 1858 Burial record Gennet LazoBuried in 1734 in Driel.
Open Archives, Regionaal Archief Rivierenland (CC BY 4.0)
Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lazo.
- Lazare 734 · U.S. census
- Lazarevic 265 · U.S. census
- Lazaro 9,061 · 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
- Lazzaroni 119 · U.S. census
- Lazzarotto 134 · U.S. census
- Lazzeri 241 · U.S. census
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