Larson Surname
Approximately 180,944 people bear this surname
Larson Surname Definition:
A contraction of Larrance’s or Laurence’s Son: v. Laurence.
Larson Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 168,054 | 1:2,157 | 213 |
| Canada | 6,988 | 1:5,273 | 766 |
| Sweden | 798 | 1:12,339 | 1,068 |
| Australia | 649 | 1:41,596 | 5,334 |
| Ghana | 416 | 1:64,954 | 6,785 |
| France | 352 | 1:188,701 | 29,353 |
| Brazil | 338 | 1:633,356 | 23,493 |
| England | 280 | 1:198,993 | 17,417 |
| Russia | 278 | 1:518,428 | 47,397 |
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| New Zealand | 204 | 1:22,198 | 3,889 |
| Denmark | 198 | 1:28,509 | 2,960 |
| Germany | 155 | 1:519,390 | 43,831 |
| South Africa | 141 | 1:384,239 | 34,295 |
| Dominican Republic | 139 | 1:75,057 | 3,477 |
| Indonesia | 138 | 1:958,327 | 70,806 |
| Nigeria | 119 | 1:1,488,595 | 56,907 |
| Japan | 106 | 1:1,206,078 | 22,012 |
| Chile | 98 | 1:179,760 | 5,854 |
| Norway | 98 | 1:52,472 | 7,538 |
| Thailand | 76 | 1:929,452 | 144,548 |
| Switzerland | 62 | 1:132,466 | 13,073 |
| French Polynesia | 61 | 1:4,603 | 1,039 |
| Tanzania | 59 | 1:897,315 | 44,154 |
| Venezuela | 52 | 1:580,848 | 10,516 |
| Papua New Guinea | 43 | 1:189,621 | 26,314 |
| Finland | 42 | 1:130,874 | 12,452 |
| Scotland | 42 | 1:127,472 | 7,985 |
| China | 40 | 1:34,183,039 | 1,815 |
| India | 40 | 1:19,176,635 | 286,670 |
| Philippines | 38 | 1:2,664,164 | 134,326 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Guyana | 35 | 1:21,778 | 2,654 |
| United Arab Emirates | 33 | 1:277,645 | 19,302 |
| Ecuador | 32 | 1:497,058 | 10,858 |
| Spain | 32 | 1:1,461,001 | 45,498 |
| Mexico | 31 | 1:4,004,071 | 26,265 |
| Netherlands | 30 | 1:562,906 | 50,501 |
| Austria | 22 | 1:387,065 | 40,442 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Argentina | 20 | 1:2,137,171 | 104,027 |
| Qatar | 19 | 1:124,105 | 14,725 |
| Guam | 16 | 1:10,008 | 1,526 |
| Belarus | 11 | 1:863,733 | 65,346 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 11 | 1:4,962 | 486 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 11 | 1:10,034 | 1,440 |
| Wales | 11 | 1:281,321 | 15,850 |
| Bermuda | 10 | 1:6,528 | 1,005 |
| Czechia | 10 | 1:1,063,347 | 80,937 |
| Ukraine | 10 | 1:4,552,270 | 216,874 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Italy | 8 | 1:7,644,586 | 115,463 |
| American Samoa | 6 | 1:9,293 | 1,961 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| South Korea | 6 | 1:8,540,043 | 1,433 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| Costa Rica | 5 | 1:956,014 | 6,058 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Panama | 5 | 1:782,452 | 11,059 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Luxembourg | 4 | 1:145,136 | 6,519 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
| Belize | 2 | 1:177,737 | 3,502 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Honduras | 2 | 1:4,408,221 | 7,709 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Palau | 1 | 1:21,643 | 223 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 1:34,329 | 862 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 130 | 1:187,503 | 15,253 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:748,643 | 18,576 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15,507 | 1:3,238 | 381 |
Larson (2,134) may also be a first name.
Larson Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A contraction of Larrance’s or Laurence’s Son: v. Laurence.
(Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, English) The son of Lars or Lawrence (laurel, symbol of victory).
Larson Demographics
Average Male Larson Height
177.56 cm
Average Female Larson Height
163.06 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Larson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Larson Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Larson (Arabic: لارسون, Marathi: लासर्न, Russian: Ларсон) occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Larson? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,115th most numerous family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 40,275 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 94 percent of Larson reside; 94 percent reside in North America and 94 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 162,595th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 2,134 people.
The surname Larson is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 168,054 people, or 1 in 2,157. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Minnesota, where 16 percent are found, California, where 10 percent are found and Wisconsin, where 7 percent are found. Besides The United States this last name exists in 129 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 4 percent are found and Sweden, where 0 percent are found.
Larson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Larson has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Larson surname increased 1,084 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 215 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 840 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 1,100 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Larson Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Lutheran (100%) in Ireland, Orthodox (83%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Orthodox (60%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Larson last name are 10.46% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.23% registered with the political party.
The amount Larson earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 14.26% less than the national average, earning 296,719 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 30.08% more than the national average, earning R 309,108 per year; in United States they earn 5.99% more than the national average, earning $45,733 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.62% less than the national average, earning $48,382 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Larson Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Larson in the Marathi language | ||
| लासर्न | lasarna | 62.5 |
| लारसन | larasana | 12.5 |
| लाँरसन | lamrasana | 12.5 |
| लरसन | larasana | 12.5 |
| Larson in the Russian language | ||
| Ларсон | larson | - |
| Larson in the Arabic language | ||
| لارسون | larswn | - |
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Larson Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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