The Lorentz surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,662 people carried this name — #11,767 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 111,100 people counted. That is up 6% from 2,515 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,444 people named Lorentz.
27 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 48 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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 Poland’s population register
77 people named Lorentz have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 87 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 10 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 53 people named Lorentz 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 Misiones.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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
50 people named Lorentz live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 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 the Nordic population registers
180 people named Lorentz are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Lorentz in American newspapers,
1868–1908.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 11,358 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Lorentz,
with a public archive behind them.
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Didrik Carl Lorentz 1749–1832 · military officer -
Andreas Lorentz 1530–1588 · stonemason
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Samuel Lorentz 1550–1595 · sculptor
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Johan Lorentz 1610–1689 · composer
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Anders Lorentz 1630–1692 · decorative painter
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Friedrich Gottlob Lorentz 1722–1790 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lorentz.
- Lore 3,248 · U.S. census
- Loree 720 · U.S. census
- Lorek 404 · U.S. census
- Lorence 1,715 · U.S. census
- Lorent 162 · U.S. census
- Lorente 470 · U.S. census
- Lorenz 14,528 · U.S. census
- Lorenzetti 564 · U.S. census
- Lorenzi 1,049 · U.S. census
- Lorenzini 605 · U.S. census
- Lorenzo 17,825 · U.S. census
- Lorenzon 101 · U.S. census
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