Lauer Surname
Approximately 45,080 people bear this surname
Lauer Surname Definition:
(German) One who tans skins; one who fights by ambushing another; one who came from Lau or Laue (lion), in Germany.
Lauer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 20,791 | 1:3,872 | 430 |
| United States | 16,795 | 1:21,581 | 2,723 |
| France | 2,724 | 1:24,384 | 2,888 |
| Brazil | 1,966 | 1:108,888 | 4,106 |
| Canada | 461 | 1:79,925 | 8,933 |
| Poland | 328 | 1:115,880 | 17,353 |
| Austria | 231 | 1:36,863 | 5,966 |
| Australia | 226 | 1:119,450 | 13,170 |
| Hungary | 206 | 1:47,652 | 5,093 |
| Russia | 178 | 1:809,680 | 66,288 |
| Czechia | 153 | 1:69,500 | 11,666 |
| Switzerland | 130 | 1:63,176 | 7,791 |
| Israel | 96 | 1:89,142 | 10,512 |
| England | 90 | 1:619,090 | 36,665 |
| Netherlands | 76 | 1:222,200 | 29,701 |
| Romania | 74 | 1:271,323 | 25,089 |
| Argentina | 59 | 1:724,465 | 49,289 |
| Thailand | 55 | 1:1,284,334 | 183,539 |
| Estonia | 42 | 1:31,472 | 5,782 |
| Luxembourg | 34 | 1:17,075 | 3,795 |
| New Zealand | 32 | 1:141,510 | 16,640 |
| Sweden | 31 | 1:317,637 | 22,171 |
| South Africa | 31 | 1:1,747,668 | 84,236 |
| Spain | 28 | 1:1,669,716 | 48,608 |
| Paraguay | 25 | 1:289,470 | 4,710 |
| Chile | 21 | 1:838,880 | 17,964 |
| Belgium | 18 | 1:638,702 | 56,744 |
| Kazakhstan | 18 | 1:982,361 | 58,740 |
| Ecuador | 12 | 1:1,325,487 | 16,904 |
| Finland | 12 | 1:458,058 | 28,977 |
| Ukraine | 12 | 1:3,793,558 | 197,857 |
| Uzbekistan | 9 | 1:3,436,571 | 32,268 |
| Norway | 9 | 1:571,365 | 44,190 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 8 | 1:746,582 | 48,952 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Namibia | 5 | 1:481,880 | 11,140 |
| Transnistria | 5 | 1:94,940 | 11,199 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Peru | 4 | 1:7,946,031 | 41,846 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Cayman Islands | 2 | 1:31,946 | 1,715 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Barbados | 2 | 1:143,724 | 1,981 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Abkhazia | 1 | 1:242,865 | 5,354 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 11 | 1:2,215,943 | 64,354 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,710 | 1:29,368 | 3,571 |
Lauer (86) may also be a first name.
Lauer Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) One who tans skins; one who fights by ambushing another; one who came from Lau or Laue (lion), in Germany.
Lauer Demographics
Lauer Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Lauer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lauer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lauer (Russian: Лауэр) is more commonly found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of Lauer click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lauer? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 12,460th most frequent last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 161,658 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 56 percent of Lauer live; 53 percent live in Western Europe and 47 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,032,266th most frequent forename world-wide, held by 86 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 20,791 people, or 1 in 3,872. In Germany it is mostly found in: Hesse, where 19 percent live, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 17 percent live and Saarland, where 16 percent live. Aside from Germany Lauer exists in 81 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 37 percent live and France, where 6 percent live.
Lauer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Lauer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lauer surname grew 982 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 818 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 300 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Lauer Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Orthodox (78%) in Russia.
In The United States those bearing the Lauer last name are 16.78% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.55% being registered with the political party.
The amount Lauer earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 8.07% less than the national average, earning 318,143 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 3.84% less than the national average, earning R 228,504 per year; in United States they earn 8.49% more than the national average, earning $46,814 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.05% more than the national average, earning $57,159 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lauer Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lauer in the Russian language | ||
| Лауэр | lauer | - |
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