Lazăr Surname
Approximately 13,622 people bear this surname
Lazăr Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 13,619 | 1:1,474 | 195 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Lazar (96,419), Lazár (224), Lazär (18), Lazãr (2), Lăzăr (1), Lázár (9,170), Lázar (12) & Lăzar (1) are calculated separately.
Lazăr (255) may also be a first name.
Lazăr Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lazăr Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lazăr occurs in Romania more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as: Lazar, Lazár, Lazär, Lazãr, Lăzăr, Lázár, Lázar or Lăzar. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lazăr? popularity and diffusion
Lazăr is the 38,605th most commonly used family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 534,984 people. Lazăr occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Lazăr are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 100 percent are found in Romanian Europe. Lazăr is also the 557,860th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 255 people.
The surname is most common in Romania, where it is borne by 13,619 people, or 1 in 1,474. In Romania it is most numerous in: Bucharest Municipality, where 8 percent are found, Constanța County, where 7 percent are found and Alba County, where 5 percent are found. Barring Romania this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent are found and Moldova, where 0 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Lazăr
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