Lax Surname

62,176th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,077 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Andorra

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.

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Lax Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,3181:109,24011,927
England1,1851:47,0195,912
Spain9081:51,4894,793
Germany4131:194,92822,513
Finland3201:17,1772,458
Canada2561:143,92814,778
Australia2351:114,87512,758
Italy2281:268,23135,194
Sweden2231:44,1563,479
Austria1691:50,3877,983
India1231:6,236,304144,239
South Africa931:582,55644,854
France891:746,32392,306
Romania811:247,87523,462
Israel581:147,54515,555
Hungary451:218,13918,044
Scotland411:130,5818,115
Switzerland271:304,18224,091
New Zealand261:174,16618,836
Brazil231:9,307,580200,052
Netherlands201:844,35960,801
Argentina201:2,137,171104,027
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Philippines121:8,436,519202,133
Thailand121:5,886,529390,733
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
Chile101:1,761,64727,489
Andorra101:8,3841,259
Mozambique91:3,029,0632,946
Czechia91:1,181,49785,740
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Wales71:442,07621,198
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Slovakia61:889,40878,715
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Taiwan51:4,688,94927,695
China41:341,830,39216,990
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Zimbabwe31:5,146,080115,446
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Nepal21:14,240,47817,812
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5911:41,2445,206
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2141:234,66719,701

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.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

For Lacks, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Old Norse, lax, Anglo-Saxon leax, lax, a salmon; Ferguson thinks the name was originally applied to a salmon fisher.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

User-submitted Reference

It is an ancient Yorkshire surname, meaning 'lake', extended into Northumberland, and Durham.

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Lax Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lax (Tibetan: ལགས་) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lax? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 62,176th most numerous surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 902,259 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 47 percent of Lax reside; 43 percent reside in North America and 42 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Lax is also the 357,521st most widespread first name in the world, held by 554 people.

The surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 3,318 people, or 1 in 109,240. In The United States it is primarily found in: New York, where 19 percent are found, California, where 10 percent are found and Florida, where 7 percent are found. Outside of The United States it is found in 68 countries. It is also common in England, where 15 percent are found and Spain, where 11 percent are found.

Lax Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Lax has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the 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 surname are 5.39% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US 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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Laux8617,403/
Leax8666/
Laxå8639/
Lyax8625/
Laix8616/
Laxe8614/
Laxx8614/
Lanx864/
Laex862/
Latx862/
Hlax861/
Laxs861/
Liax861/
Llax861/
Laxt861/
Lauxe758/
Laugx755/
Liaux752/
Lainx751/
Lausx751/
Lhaxe751/
Lyaxj751/
Lak6738,461/
Lac6728,030/
Las6717,389/
Laz677,901/
Lex675,318/
Laj674,685/
Lag671,760/
Laß671,093/
Laq67434/
Lox67402/
Laš67364/
Laç67322/
Lahaxe67121/
Lahaix6791/
Löx6752/
Laxová6742/
Leatxe6722/
Laxova677/
Lač676/
Llatxe671/

Lax Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lax in the Tibetan language
ལགས་lak-

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