Lars Forename
2,333rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 438,603 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden
Lars Forename Definition:
A Etruscan name, meaning: Lord. Some authorities give this as a form of Laurance.
Lars Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 100% | 223,905 | 1:44 | 2 |
| Denmark | - | 68,871 | 1:82 | 2 |
| Germany | 100% | 61,414 | 1:1,574 | 294 |
| Norway | 100% | 39,492 | 1:130 | 8 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 11,430 | 1:1,479 | 313 |
| United States | 100% | 9,132 | 1:39,700 | 2,430 |
| Mozambique | - | 3,840 | 1:7,095 | 1,242 |
| Finland | 100% | 3,400 | 1:1,613 | 319 |
| Thailand | 100% | 2,263 | 1:30,961 | 3,810 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 1,740 | 1:4,720 | 675 |
| Estonia | 95% | 1,204 | 1:1,093 | 250 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,191 | 1:27,820 | 2,271 |
| England | 100% | 1,191 | 1:46,686 | 2,260 |
| Belgium | 100% | 1,070 | 1:10,738 | 1,124 |
| Greenland | - | 852 | 1:66 | 4 |
| Poland | 98% | 848 | 1:44,843 | 1,238 |
| Australia | - | 742 | 1:18,406 | 1,348 |
| Brazil | 100% | 619 | 1:346,100 | 12,826 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 466 | 1:66,121 | 7,124 |
| France | 100% | 369 | 1:180,136 | 3,089 |
| Austria | 100% | 351 | 1:24,257 | 1,008 |
| Ghana | - | 337 | 1:80,078 | 3,677 |
| Spain | 100% | 316 | 1:147,247 | 3,522 |
| South Africa | 100% | 215 | 1:253,640 | 15,149 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 186 | 1:13,219 | 1,033 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 167 | 1:62,463 | 3,871 |
| Russia | 87% | 164 | 1:879,474 | 7,917 |
| Philippines | 97% | 151 | 1:702,050 | 21,228 |
| New Zealand | - | 150 | 1:30,240 | 1,995 |
| Portugal | - | 148 | 1:70,344 | 2,168 |
| Japan | - | 133 | 1:962,301 | 14,759 |
| Egypt | 100% | 130 | 1:706,930 | 15,746 |
| China | - | 128 | 1:10,672,311 | 59,693 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 121 | 1:4,662 | 536 |
| Ireland | 100% | 108 | 1:42,996 | 1,496 |
| Italy | 87% | 104 | 1:587,135 | 5,979 |
| Kenya | - | 99 | 1:467,749 | 13,376 |
| Chile | 100% | 96 | 1:183,408 | 3,515 |
| Singapore | - | 92 | 1:68,338 | 6,950 |
| Malta | - | 91 | 1:4,718 | 654 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 68 | 1:1,085,700 | 31,208 |
| Namibia | - | 66 | 1:36,427 | 2,586 |
| Scotland | 100% | 66 | 1:81,066 | 2,072 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 65 | 1:468,461 | 20,872 |
| Mexico | 100% | 54 | 1:2,298,971 | 12,850 |
| Greece | 100% | 45 | 1:242,990 | 4,535 |
| Peru | 97% | 45 | 1:706,477 | 10,982 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 42 | 1:170,286 | 11,537 |
| India | 100% | 41 | 1:29,631,170 | 611,330 |
| Ecuador | - | 38 | 1:466,498 | 5,173 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Indonesia | - | 36 | 1:7,165,657 | 253,882 |
| Hong Kong | - | 33 | 1:234,931 | 3,399 |
| Iceland | 100% | 32 | 1:11,438 | 985 |
| Hungary | 100% | 28 | 1:349,706 | 1,484 |
| Czechia | 99% | 27 | 1:394,673 | 2,241 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 26 | 1:7,475,295 | 61,186 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 24 | 1:2,047 | 431 |
| Botswana | - | 21 | 1:104,021 | 8,595 |
| Wales | 100% | 21 | 1:147,348 | 3,021 |
| Iraq | 100% | 19 | 1:1,843,045 | 11,423 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 19 | 1:4,874,901 | 3,589 |
| Ukraine | 67% | 17 | 1:2,676,465 | 6,045 |
| Israel | 100% | 15 | 1:560,195 | 10,411 |
| Qatar | 100% | 15 | 1:157,974 | 16,771 |
| Croatia | 100% | 14 | 1:301,220 | 4,308 |
| Belarus | 100% | 13 | 1:729,414 | 4,213 |
| Argentina | 88% | 11 | 1:3,888,477 | 10,916 |
| Bermuda | - | 11 | 1:5,893 | 898 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 11 | 1:433,450 | 6,937 |
| Monaco | 100% | 10 | 1:3,847 | 675 |
| Bangladesh | - | 9 | 1:17,717,930 | 19,122 |
| Ethiopia | - | 9 | 1:10,840,015 | 14,737 |
| Gibraltar | - | 9 | 1:3,793 | 625 |
| Libya | - | 9 | 1:691,257 | 1,282 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 9 | 1:19,729,373 | 174,791 |
| South Korea | - | 9 | 1:616,047 | 14,026 |
| Sudan | - | 9 | 1:4,200,775 | 4,893 |
| Uruguay | - | 9 | 1:380,849 | 5,148 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 8 | 1:230,393 | 1,900 |
| Guatemala | - | 8 | 1:2,013,554 | 5,906 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 8 | 1:2,218,356 | 16,526 |
| Uganda | - | 8 | 1:5,119,615 | 45,522 |
| Guam | - | 7 | 1:22,949 | 2,164 |
| Romania | - | 7 | 1:2,864,568 | 25,615 |
| Lithuania | - | 6 | 1:491,980 | 2,375 |
| Turkey | 100% | 6 | 1:12,966,952 | 37,072 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:18,291 | 1,938 |
| Afghanistan | - | 5 | 1:6,524,703 | 31,933 |
| Jersey | - | 5 | 1:19,996 | 1,220 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 5 | 1:7,571 | 562 |
| Oman | - | 5 | 1:821,733 | 6,168 |
| Panama | - | 5 | 1:781,311 | 18,191 |
| Papua New Guinea | 50% | 5 | 1:1,630,463 | 100,826 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 5 | 1:4,753,936 | 76,486 |
| Venezuela | - | 5 | 1:6,040,379 | 77,223 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Bahamas | - | 4 | 1:99,842 | 1,712 |
| Bolivia | - | 4 | 1:2,650,351 | 4,903 |
| Bulgaria | - | 4 | 1:1,747,598 | 14,265 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 4 | 1:4,068,332 | 35,322 |
| Honduras | - | 4 | 1:2,204,367 | 17,261 |
| Malawi | - | 4 | 1:4,278,078 | 13,569 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Serbia | - | 4 | 1:1,786,430 | 6,903 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Tanzania | - | 4 | 1:13,197,080 | 50,227 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Moldova | - | 3 | 1:1,187,046 | 5,200 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 3 | 1:2,412,268 | 9,978 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,770,021 | 5,487 |
| Zambia | - | 3 | 1:5,284,931 | 37,895 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Armenia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Belize | - | 2 | 1:177,154 | 5,935 |
| Benin | - | 2 | 1:5,287,922 | 61,990 |
| Brunei | - | 2 | 1:209,785 | 2,478 |
| Colombia | 100% | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Congo | 100% | 2 | 1:2,504,602 | 31,783 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Isle of Man | - | 2 | 1:42,512 | 455 |
| Jordan | 100% | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Montenegro | - | 2 | 1:317,288 | 3,822 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 2 | 1:680,710 | 23,658 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
Lars (1,153) may also be a surname.
Lars Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Etruscan name, meaning: Lord. Some authorities give this as a form of Laurance.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Lars Forename Popularity
Lars Demographics
Lars Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 14 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
| Forename | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laurs | 89 | 142 | / |
| Larse | 89 | 78 | / |
| Larsh | 89 | 33 | / |
| Larss | 89 | 22 | / |
| Larrs | 89 | 19 | / |
| Laars | 89 | 18 | / |
| Laers | 89 | 13 | / |
| Lahrs | 89 | 10 | / |
| Lhars | 89 | 6 | / |
| Lairs | 89 | 5 | / |
| Llars | 89 | 5 | / |
| Lears | 89 | 4 | / |
| Latrs | 89 | 4 | / |
| Liars | 89 | 3 | / |
| Layrs | 89 | 3 | / |
| Lajrs | 89 | 3 | / |
| Larsz | 89 | 2 | / |
| Luars | 89 | 2 | / |
| Lasrs | 89 | 1 | / |
| Larst | 89 | 1 | / |
| Larsd | 89 | 1 | / |
| Lairse | 80 | 49 | / |
| Larshe | 80 | 4 | / |
| Larsse | 80 | 4 | / |
| Latrse | 80 | 3 | / |
| Laarse | 80 | 2 | / |
| Llgars | 80 | 2 | / |
| Llarse | 80 | 2 | / |
| Laurse | 80 | 2 | / |
| Layrse | 80 | 1 | / |
| Larsch | 80 | 1 | / |
| Larrss | 80 | 1 | / |
| Llairs | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lors | 75 | 270 | / |
| Lers | 75 | 14 | / |
| Larx | 75 | 2 | / |
| Lrss | 75 | 1 | / |
| Larsche | 73 | 4 | / |
| Lairsse | 73 | 3 | / |
| Laarrzs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Learsse | 73 | 1 | / |
| Larce | 67 | 163 | / |
| Lorse | 67 | 62 | / |
| Larch | 67 | 50 | / |
| Lours | 67 | 26 | / |
| Lgors | 67 | 23 | / |
| Leurs | 67 | 12 | / |
| Larje | 67 | 7 | / |
| Larrx | 67 | 3 | / |
| Leers | 67 | 3 | / |
| Leirs | 67 | 3 | / |
| Loyrs | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lersh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Larze | 67 | 2 | / |
| Loirs | 67 | 2 | / |
| Llarx | 67 | 2 | / |
| Larzz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lorsh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Loers | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lorst | 67 | 1 | / |
| Liors | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lhors | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luirs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lorrs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lorss | 67 | 1 | / |
Lars Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lars in the Russian language | ||
| Ларс | lars | - |
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