Lazarus Surname

11,299^th

Most Common

surname in the World

Approximately 49,730 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:

Nigeria

Highest density in:

Namibia

Lazarus Surname Definition:

(Latin-Greek-Hebrew) Whom God Helps [Latin Lazarus, Greek Λάζαρος, the Gospel form of Eleazar, Hebrew El ázár—El, God].

And sum wædla wæs, on naman Lazarus.—St. Luke, xvi. 20 (Anglo-Saxon vers.).

Lazarus Surname Distribution Map

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
Nigeria	21,223	1:8,347	940
United States	7,313	1:49,564	6,006
South Africa	2,698	1:20,081	2,540
Namibia	2,568	1:938	109
Sri Lanka	1,608	1:12,941	1,861
Israel	1,477	1:5,794	879
England	1,328	1:41,956	5,373
Malawi	1,202	1:14,242	2,234
Ghana	1,108	1:24,387	2,946
India	951	1:806,588	36,139
France	920	1:72,199	10,095
Australia	910	1:29,666	3,991
Papua New Guinea	899	1:9,070	714
Kenya	689	1:67,025	6,420
Germany	681	1:118,217	14,517
Malaysia	557	1:52,952	4,111
Canada	450	1:81,879	9,127
Jamaica	444	1:6,464	804
Egypt	366	1:251,191	17,305
Zimbabwe	263	1:58,701	8,896
Indonesia	219	1:603,878	47,961
Botswana	199	1:10,990	2,068
United Arab Emirates	176	1:52,058	5,192
New Zealand	145	1:31,230	5,420
Tanzania	118	1:448,658	31,304
Trinidad and Tobago	105	1:12,990	1,712
Argentina	89	1:480,263	35,686
Austria	87	1:97,879	14,223
Singapore	68	1:80,996	3,278
Pakistan	67	1:2,666,327	22,731
Wales	61	1:50,730	4,716
Guyana	51	1:14,946	2,019
Kuwait	48	1:79,181	9,331
Honduras	43	1:205,034	2,280
Netherlands	43	1:392,725	41,894
Panama	43	1:90,983	3,586
Grenada	38	1:2,856	450
Thailand	34	1:2,077,598	243,257
Costa Rica	30	1:159,336	2,242
Belgium	29	1:396,436	41,978
Scotland	29	1:184,614	10,113
Brazil	26	1:8,233,628	183,715
Marshall Islands	26	1:1,993	478
Switzerland	26	1:315,881	24,844
Croatia	25	1:169,144	21,748
Sudan	25	1:1,500,408	3,610
Uganda	20	1:1,951,964	63,898
Qatar	16	1:147,375	16,023
Cameroon	13	1:1,597,621	87,539
Mexico	13	1:9,548,170	38,962
Russia	13	1:11,086,389	347,183
Oman	12	1:307,331	4,704
Antigua and Barbuda	9	1:11,019	1,084
Bahrain	9	1:149,845	5,469
Saudi Arabia	9	1:3,428,424	32,607
Chile	8	1:2,202,059	30,910
Finland	6	1:916,117	41,832
Northern Ireland	4	1:461,259	16,615
Bangladesh	4	1:39,839,193	17,324
Belize	4	1:88,868	3,294
Dominican Republic	4	1:2,608,233	20,941
Iceland	4	1:95,022	4,787
Lesotho	4	1:508,140	18,568
Philippines	4	1:25,309,556	279,062
Sweden	4	1:2,461,689	157,534
Afghanistan	3	1:10,717,728	35,605
Belarus	3	1:3,167,020	121,664
Colombia	3	1:15,924,691	28,711
Norway	3	1:1,714,095	79,528
Spain	3	1:15,584,012	120,866
Zambia	3	1:5,283,307	43,479
Bulgaria	2	1:3,489,452	64,958
China	2	1:683,660,783	30,601
Italy	2	1:30,578,344	160,757
Luxembourg	2	1:290,271	8,611
Northern Cyprus	2	1:159,506	9,062
Poland	2	1:19,004,374	199,659
Solomon Islands	2	1:290,014	19,875
Taiwan	2	1:11,722,373	63,559
Ireland	1	1:4,708,939	29,543
Algeria	1	1:38,631,551	130,422
Azerbaijan	1	1:9,649,122	47,873
Barbados	1	1:287,448	2,772
Bhutan	1	1:616,039	1,715
Denmark	1	1:5,644,715	93,155
Dominica	1	1:75,891	912
DR Congo	1	1:73,879,570	260,543
Fiji	1	1:894,391	4,568
French Polynesia	1	1:280,805	7,211
Georgia	1	1:3,745,545	47,852
Greece	1	1:11,079,790	145,225
Hong Kong	1	1:7,335,483	16,643
Iran	1	1:76,782,524	277,718
Laos	1	1:6,588,323	1,961
Liberia	1	1:4,408,535	47,110
Montserrat	1	1:4,947	471
Morocco	1	1:34,476,099	111,471
Nepal	1	1:28,480,956	22,413
Romania	1	1:20,077,870	89,414
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	1:55,199	1,294
Saint Lucia	1	1:178,781	3,800
Senegal	1	1:14,579,342	11,705
Serbia	1	1:7,144,948	38,459
South Sudan	1	1:11,415,076	3,182
Togo	1	1:7,247,768	12,049
Ukraine	1	1:45,522,696	503,646
United States Virgin Islands	1	1:110,375	6,934
Uzbekistan	1	1:30,929,142	67,786
Vanuatu	1	1:263,276	2,086
Vietnam	1	1:92,646,054	8,382

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Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
Ireland	16	1:276,867	11,455

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
England	684	1:35,637	4,648
Wales	29	1:54,083	2,718
Scotland	2	1:1,871,608	27,884

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
United States	657	1:76,436	8,135

The alternate forms: Lázarus (2) & Lazarús (1) are calculated separately.

Lazarus (95,343) may also be a first name.

Lazarus Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? ^{meaning and history}

(Latin-Greek-Hebrew) Whom God Helps [Latin Lazarus, Greek Λάζαρος, the Gospel form of Eleazar, Hebrew El ázár—El, God].

And sum wædla wæs, on naman Lazarus.—St. Luke, xvi. 20 (Anglo-Saxon vers.).

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

“God Helps”. Derived from Hebrew Eleazar.

— South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(Hebrew) Descendant of Lazarus (help of God).

— Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A Jewish surname.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

DNA test information

Lazarus Demographics

Average Male Lazarus Height

176.11^cm

Average male height (US):

175.3 cm

Sample size: 143 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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Lazarus Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lazarus Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Lazarus (Arabic: لازاروس, Hindi: लाजरस, Marathi: लाजरस, Oriya: ଲାଜରୁସ, Russian: Лазарус) is found most in Nigeria. It may be rendered as: Lázarus or Lazarús. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lazarus? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 11,299^th most frequently occurring family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 146,542 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 61 percent of Lazarus live; 45 percent live in West Africa and 45 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 10,633^rd most widely held first name internationally. It is borne by 95,343 people.

Lazarus is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 21,223 people, or 1 in 8,347. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Akwa Ibom, where 11 percent reside, Borno, where 10 percent reside and Rivers, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in 109 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 15 percent reside and South Africa, where 5 percent reside.

Lazarus Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Lazarus has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Lazarus last name increased 1,113 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 194 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 210 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 1,450 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 94 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Lazarus Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Jewish (100%) in Ireland, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (99%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those holding the Lazarus surname are 40.76% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 93.99% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Lazarus earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 66.67% more than the national average, earning R 396,072 per year; in United States they earn 21.89% more than the national average, earning $52,596 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.23% more than the national average, earning $53,274 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Surname	Similarity	Worldwide Incidence	Prevalency
Lázarus	95	2	/
Lazarús	95	1	/
Lazarous	93	1,011	/
Liazarus	93	436	/
Laazarus	93	209	/
Larzarus	93	79	/
Latzarus	93	24	/
Lazzarus	93	21	/
Lazarrus	93	20	/
Lazaruis	93	14	/
Lazaurus	93	12	/
Lazaraus	93	8	/
Lazaruss	93	5	/
Laizarus	93	3	/
Lazareus	93	1	/
Lazaruse	93	1	/
Lajzarus	93	1	/
Lazaruus	93	1	/
Leazarus	93	1	/
Lazarusz	93	1	/
Lazxarus	93	0	/
Lazaru	92	1,730	/
D'Lazarus	88	19	/
Lahazarus	88	4	/
Lazarouse	88	1	/
Liazarrus	88	1	/
Laazaruse	88	1	/
Lazarou	86	6,107	/
Lasarus	86	1,686	/
Lazaros	86	525	/
Lazerus	86	429	/
Lajarus	86	149	/
Lazorus	86	80	/
Lazarut	86	79	/
Laazaru	86	77	/
Lazaruz	86	21	/
Liazaru	86	14	/
Lazaruc	86	12	/
Lacarus	86	11	/
Lazarau	86	8	/
Lazarux	86	5	/
Lazaruj	86	4	/
Lezarus	86	4	/
Lozarus	86	3	/
Lazzaru	86	2	/
Laxarus	86	1	/
Lazarud	86	1	/
Lazasru	86	1	/
Llazaru	86	1	/
Liazerus	80	32	/
Lajharus	80	15	/
Latsarus	80	12	/
Lazorous	80	7	/
Lyajarus	80	6	/
Liazaros	80	5	/
Lazaross	80	3	/
Lazzarou	80	3	/
Lajaraus	80	1	/
Lajarush	80	1	/
Laazaros	80	1	/
Lazzorus	80	1	/
Larzaros	80	1	/
Lyazarou	80	1	/
Lassarus	80	1	/
Lazzerus	80	1	/
Laazorus	80	1	/
Lasharus	80	1	/
Latzerus	80	0	/
Lajaru	77	175	/
Lasaru	77	100	/
Lazoru	77	1	/
Lazarú	77	1	/
Lacaru	77	1	/
Laatsarus	75	2	/
Ladjarous	75	1	/
Lazaroo	71	469	/
Lazaroe	71	28	/
Lasaros	71	21	/
Lacaros	71	17	/
Lajharu	71	16	/
Laserus	71	15	/
Lasaruu	71	6	/
Lazoros	71	3	/
Lázaros	71	3	/
Laajaru	71	2	/
Lacaruz	71	1	/
Lasarau	71	1	/
Lasarou	71	1	/
Lajaruj	71	1	/
Lacarau	71	1	/
Lezerus	71	1	/
Losarus	71	1	/
Lojarus	71	1	/
Latserus	67	47	/
Lacarrau	67	37	/
Lasarrou	67	23	/
Lasaharu	67	11	/
Lajaruph	67	1	/
Lazouros	67	1	/
Ladjarousse	67	1	/
Laazoros	67	1	/
Locharus	67	1	/
Lajourus	67	1	/
Locarrus	67	0	/

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Lazarus Name Transliterations

Transliteration	ICU Latin	Percentage of Incidence
Lazarus in the Hindi language
लाजरस	lajarasa	62.5
लाज़रुस	lazarusa	12.5
लाज़रूस	lazarusa	12.5
लाजरूस	lajarusa	12.5
Lazarus in the Marathi language
लाजरस	lajarasa	36.55
लाझरस	lajharasa	20.81
लाझारूस	lajharusa	10.15
लाझारस	lajharasa	7.11
लाजारस	lajarasa	4.06
लाझरुस	lajharusa	4.06
लाजरीस	lajarisa	3.05
लाझरेस	lajharesa	2.03
लाझरूस	lajharusa	2.03
लझरुस	lajharusa	1.52
लाजरूस	lajarusa	1.52
लाज़रस	lazarasa	1.02
लझारूस	lajharusa	1.02
लजरस	lajarasa	1.02
लझारस	lajharasa	1.02
लझरूस	lajharusa	0.51
लाज़ारुस	lazarusa	0.51
लाजस	lajasa	0.51
लाजरेस	lajaresa	0.51
लझारुस	lajharusa	0.51
लाजारुस	lajarusa	0.51
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Lazarus in the Oriya language
ଲାଜରୁସ	lajarusa	33.33
ଲାଜାରସ	lajarasa	16.67
ଲାଜାରୁସ୍	lajarus	16.67
ଲାଜାରୁସ	lajarusa	16.67
ଲାଜାରସ୍	lajaras	16.67
Lazarus in the Russian language
Лазарус	lazarus	-
Lazarus in the Arabic language
لازاروس	lazarws	-
لعازر	lazr	-
عازر	azr	-
العازر	alazr	-

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