Lax Surname
Approximately 8,077 people bear this surname
Lax Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the lake,' from residence thereby. The chief home of this surname is Somerset, where we find Lack (i.e. Lake) at an early period. Anglo-Saxon lac (Skeat); the French 'lac', a lake.
Read More About This SurnameLax Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,318 | 1:109,240 | 11,927 |
| England | 1,185 | 1:47,019 | 5,912 |
| Spain | 908 | 1:51,489 | 4,793 |
| Germany | 413 | 1:194,928 | 22,513 |
| Finland | 320 | 1:17,177 | 2,458 |
| Canada | 256 | 1:143,928 | 14,778 |
| Australia | 235 | 1:114,875 | 12,758 |
| Italy | 228 | 1:268,231 | 35,194 |
| Sweden | 223 | 1:44,156 | 3,479 |
| Austria | 169 | 1:50,387 | 7,983 |
| India | 123 | 1:6,236,304 | 144,239 |
| South Africa | 93 | 1:582,556 | 44,854 |
| France | 89 | 1:746,323 | 92,306 |
| Romania | 81 | 1:247,875 | 23,462 |
| Israel | 58 | 1:147,545 | 15,555 |
| Hungary | 45 | 1:218,139 | 18,044 |
| Scotland | 41 | 1:130,581 | 8,115 |
| Switzerland | 27 | 1:304,182 | 24,091 |
| New Zealand | 26 | 1:174,166 | 18,836 |
| Brazil | 23 | 1:9,307,580 | 200,052 |
| Netherlands | 20 | 1:844,359 | 60,801 |
| Argentina | 20 | 1:2,137,171 | 104,027 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Philippines | 12 | 1:8,436,519 | 202,133 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Chile | 10 | 1:1,761,647 | 27,489 |
| Andorra | 10 | 1:8,384 | 1,259 |
| Mozambique | 9 | 1:3,029,063 | 2,946 |
| Czechia | 9 | 1:1,181,497 | 85,740 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:442,076 | 21,198 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Slovakia | 6 | 1:889,408 | 78,715 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 591 | 1:41,244 | 5,206 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 214 | 1:234,667 | 19,701 |
Lax (554) may also be a first name.
Lax Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the lake,' from residence thereby. The chief home of this surname is Somerset, where we find Lack (i.e. Lake) at an early period. Anglo-Saxon lac (Skeat); the French 'lac', a lake. Hence a surname Lack, and with the final 's' (compare Holmes, Styles, Brooks, Sykes, &c.) Lacks. This by and by would become Lax; compare Dix Rix, Wix, Wilcoxon, for Dicks, Ricks, Wicks, Wilcockson. This seems to me a simple solution.
1729. Married — Joseph Lax, of Whitby, Yorkshire, and Anne Dodd: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.
For Lacks, q.v.
Old Norse, lax, Anglo-Saxon leax, lax, a salmon; Ferguson thinks the name was originally applied to a salmon fisher.
User-submitted Reference
It is an ancient Yorkshire surname, meaning 'lake', extended into Northumberland, and Durham.
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Average Male Lax Height
176.22 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Lax Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lax Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lax (Tibetan: ལགས་) is most common in The United States. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lax? popularity and diffusion
It is the 62,176th most frequently held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 902,259 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 47 percent of Lax live; 43 percent live in North America and 42 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 357,521st most widespread first name globally, borne by 554 people.
This surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 3,318 people, or 1 in 109,240. In The United States Lax is most common in: New York, where 19 percent live, California, where 10 percent live and Florida, where 7 percent live. Apart from The United States this last name exists in 68 countries. It is also common in England, where 15 percent live and Spain, where 11 percent live.
Lax Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Lax has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lax surname rose 1,550 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 201 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 1,367 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Lax Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Lax last name are 5.39% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 52.16% registered with the party.
The amount Lax earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 47.79% more than the national average, earning €44,381 per year; in South Africa they earn 1.16% more than the national average, earning R 240,384 per year; in United States they earn 7.87% more than the national average, earning $46,544 USD per year and in Canada they earn 51.3% more than the national average, earning $75,171 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laux | 86 | 17,403 | / |
| Leax | 86 | 66 | / |
| Laxå | 86 | 39 | / |
| Lyax | 86 | 25 | / |
| Laix | 86 | 16 | / |
| Laxe | 86 | 14 | / |
| Laxx | 86 | 14 | / |
| Lanx | 86 | 4 | / |
| Laex | 86 | 2 | / |
| Latx | 86 | 2 | / |
| Hlax | 86 | 1 | / |
| Laxs | 86 | 1 | / |
| Liax | 86 | 1 | / |
| Llax | 86 | 1 | / |
| Laxt | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lauxe | 75 | 8 | / |
| Laugx | 75 | 5 | / |
| Liaux | 75 | 2 | / |
| Lainx | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lausx | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lhaxe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lyaxj | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lak | 67 | 38,461 | / |
| Lac | 67 | 28,030 | / |
| Las | 67 | 17,389 | / |
| Laz | 67 | 7,901 | / |
| Lex | 67 | 5,318 | / |
| Laj | 67 | 4,685 | / |
| Lag | 67 | 1,760 | / |
| Laß | 67 | 1,093 | / |
| Laq | 67 | 434 | / |
| Lox | 67 | 402 | / |
| Laš | 67 | 364 | / |
| Laç | 67 | 322 | / |
| Lahaxe | 67 | 121 | / |
| Lahaix | 67 | 91 | / |
| Löx | 67 | 52 | / |
| Laxová | 67 | 42 | / |
| Leatxe | 67 | 22 | / |
| Laxova | 67 | 7 | / |
| Lač | 67 | 6 | / |
| Llatxe | 67 | 1 | / |
Lax Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lax in the Tibetan language | ||
| ལགས་ | lak | - |
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