The Lor surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,479 people carried this name — #3,149 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 25,700 people counted. That is up 42% from 8,061 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 336 people named Lor.
58 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 35 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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
62 people named Lor live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 46 people named Lor 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 Hainaut.
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 Poland’s population register
27 people named Lor have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 38 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 3 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
22 people named Lor 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).
Who carried it
People named Lor,
with a public archive behind them.
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Denise Lor 1929–2015 · singer -
Peter Johan Lor 1946– · librarian
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Lia Lor 1990– · pornographic film actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lor.
- Lootens 408 · U.S. census
- Loots 201 · U.S. census
- Lopes 18,310 · U.S. census
- Lopez 874,523 · U.S. census
- Lopinto 548 · U.S. census
- Lopresti 3,187 · U.S. census
- Lora 7,030 · U.S. census
- Loraine 187 · U.S. census
- Lorang 558 · U.S. census
- Lorange 169 · U.S. census
- Lorant 163 · U.S. census
- Lorber 974 · U.S. census
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