Lasarus Surname
Approximately 1,686 people bear this surname
Lasarus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 1,135 | 1:2,123 | 317 |
| Indonesia | 312 | 1:423,876 | 35,582 |
| Papua New Guinea | 148 | 1:55,093 | 6,981 |
| Nigeria | 46 | 1:3,850,930 | 110,272 |
| Malaysia | 21 | 1:1,404,487 | 59,312 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 11 | 1:2,215,943 | 64,354 |
Lasarus (10,212) may also be a first name.
Lasarus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lasarus Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lasarus has its highest incidence in Namibia. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lasarus? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lasarus is the 237,927th most frequently used last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,322,388 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 71 percent of Lasarus live; 68 percent live in Southern Africa and 68 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Lasarus is also the 60,378th most commonly held given name internationally, held by 10,212 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Namibia, where it is held by 1,135 people, or 1 in 2,123. In Namibia it is most numerous in: Ohangwena Region, where 25 percent are found, Oshikoto Region, where 18 percent are found and Oshana Region, where 15 percent are found. Beside Namibia Lasarus exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 19 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent are found.
Lasarus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Lasarus has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Lasarus last name fell 82 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Lasarus
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