Laurels Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Antigua and Barbuda

Laurels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Laurels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Laurels (20) may also be a first name.

Laurels Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Laurels Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Laurels (Russian: Лаурельс) occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Laurels? popularity and diffusion

The last name Laurels is the 6,723,624th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 50 percent of Laurels live; 25 percent live in North America and 25 percent live in Anglo-North America. Laurels is also the 2,446,817th most commonly occurring first name world-wide It is held by 20 people.

The last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States Laurels is mostly found in: Georgia, where 50 percent reside and Oregon, where 50 percent reside. Not including The United States Laurels occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Antigua and Barbuda, where 13 percent reside and Belarus, where 13 percent reside.

Laurels Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Laurels has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Laurels surname declined 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Laurelles886/
Larls830/
Larils771/
Lurles770/
Larles770/
Learls770/
Lasrelles751/
Lharles711/
Lawerls710/
Lurless710/
Larless710/
Learles710/
Laharles671/
Lorls671/
Lorelles670/
Lorelz621/
Lorles620/
Lorless571/
Lorlesse538/
Lorilles530/

Laurels Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Laurels in the Russian language
Лаурельсlaurels-

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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
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  • 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 Laurels
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