Laurensen Surname

2,530,696th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 58 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Laurensen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Laurensen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands531:318,62637,214
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Laurensen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Laurensen is found in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Laurensen? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,530,696th most frequently held last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. The surname Laurensen occurs mostly in Europe, where 93 percent of Laurensen reside; 91 percent reside in Western Europe and 91 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 53 people, or 1 in 318,626. In The Netherlands Laurensen is primarily found in: Gelderland, where 68 percent live, Limburg, where 17 percent live and North Brabant, where 15 percent live. Besides The Netherlands it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent live and Brazil, where 2 percent live.

Laurensen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Laurensen has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 83 percent between 1880 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
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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 Laurensen
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