The Lora surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,030 people carried this name — #5,001 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 42,000 people counted. That is up 41% from 4,992 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 925 people named Lora 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 Poland’s population register
106 people named Lora have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 133 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 9 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 65 people named Lora.
19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
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
46 people named Lora live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 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
Lora in American newspapers,
1904.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 162,417 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Lora,
with a public archive behind them.
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José Eufemio Lora y Lora 1885–1907 · writer -
Hernando de Jesús Lora Álvarez d. 2003 · farmer
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Juan de Dios Lora y Cordero 1864–1924 · teacher
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Georg Lora 1879–1944 · politician
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Dino Lora Totino 1900–1980 · engineer
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Dino Lora Totino 1900–1980 · engineer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lora.
- 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
- Lor 11,479 · 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
- Lorca 211 · U.S. census
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