Lorenz surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Lorenz surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 14,501 people carried this name — #2,295 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 18,600 people counted.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

1,218 people named Lorenz live in Switzerland.

They live in 22 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Valais 270
Zurich 226
Aargau 98
St. Gallen 79
Bern 75
Basel-Landschaft 68
Lucerne 60
Basel-Stadt 58

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Poland’s population register

1,186 people named Lorenz have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 1,515 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.

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Where they live today

Greater Poland 455
Silesian 183
Lower Silesian 112
Lesser Poland 69
Lubusz 62
Pomeranian 62
West Pomeranian 50
Masovian 40

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 239 people named Lorenz.

69 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Moselle.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 69
Moselle 64
Bas-Rhin 25
Haut-Rhin 13
Paris 12
Pyrénées-Orientales 6
Yvelines 5
Seine-Maritime 5
Vendée 4

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 48 people named Lorenz 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

Liège 37
Flemish Brabant 6
Brussels-Capital 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Lorenz in American newspapers,
1887–1961.

Newspaper page from The River Press carrying the name Lorenz
The River Press 1887-04-20
Newspaper page from The Portland Daily Press carrying the name Lorenz
The Portland Daily Press 1902-12-27
Newspaper page from Der Sonntagsbote Und Der Seebote carrying the name Lorenz
Der Sonntagsbote Und Der Seebote 1918-09-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 89,454 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Lorenz,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Oswald Lorenz
    Oswald Lorenz 1806–1889 · composer
  • Josef Roman Lorenz
    Josef Roman Lorenz 1825–1911 · naturalist
  • Ludvig Lorenz
    Ludvig Lorenz 1829–1891 · physicist
  • Adolf Lorenz
    Adolf Lorenz 1854–1946 · physician
  • Edward Lorenz
    Edward Lorenz 1869–1930 · judge

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 175 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Lorenz.

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