The Lazzari surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 671 people carried this name — #33,894 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is down 19% from 832 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Lazzari surname
A surname originating as a patronymic.
Patronymic surname from the personal name Lazzaro.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Lazzari» (Italian), 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 938 people named Lazzari 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 206 people named Lazzari.
72 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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
126 people named Lazzari live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 67 people named Lazzari 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 Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
25 people named Lazzari 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
Lazzari in American newspapers,
1913–1952.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,109 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Lazzari,
with a public archive behind them.
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Oberto Cattaneo Lazzari 1473–1533 · physician -
Giovanni Antonio Lazzari 1639–1713 · painter -
Sylvio Lazzari 1857–1944 · composer -
Costantino Lazzari 1857–1927 · politician -
Alfredo Lazzari 1871–1949 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 94 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lazzari.
- 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
- 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
- Lazzerini 118 · U.S. census
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