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
The last name Lazăr is most common in Romania. It may occur as a variant: Lazar, Lazár, Lazär, Lazãr, Lăzăr, Lázár, Lázar or Lăzar. Click here to see other possible spellings of Lazăr.
How Common Is The Last Name Lazăr? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lazăr is the 38,605th most widely held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 534,984 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Lazăr live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 100 percent live in Romanian Europe. Lazăr is also the 557,860th most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 255 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Romania, where it is borne by 13,619 people, or 1 in 1,474. In Romania it is mostly concentrated in: Bucharest Municipality, where 8 percent reside, Constanța County, where 7 percent reside and Alba County, where 5 percent reside. Beside Romania this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent reside and Moldova, where 0 percent reside.
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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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