Lourenço Surname
Approximately 272,220 people bear this surname
Lourenço Surname User-submission:
In my family, we know of 2 variants of this surname its from my mom's dad's side of the family. We live in the Azores, islands, that belongs to Portugal. My family history is marked by immigration, so we know by certain that we have a lot of mixes.
Read More About This SurnameLourenço Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 115,751 | 1:233 | 44 |
| Mozambique | 64,270 | 1:424 | 77 |
| Brazil | 54,522 | 1:3,926 | 323 |
| Portugal | 34,195 | 1:305 | 52 |
| France | 542 | 1:122,551 | 18,551 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 466 | 1:381 | 78 |
| England | 408 | 1:136,564 | 13,368 |
| Switzerland | 313 | 1:26,239 | 4,072 |
| United States | 298 | 1:1,216,305 | 86,337 |
| Canada | 223 | 1:165,227 | 16,632 |
| Spain | 221 | 1:211,548 | 14,299 |
| Germany | 159 | 1:506,324 | 43,083 |
| Cape Verde | 142 | 1:3,730 | 161 |
| South Africa | 110 | 1:492,525 | 40,325 |
| Luxembourg | 83 | 1:6,994 | 1,063 |
| Belgium | 66 | 1:174,192 | 23,583 |
| Australia | 57 | 1:473,609 | 36,415 |
| Ireland | 51 | 1:92,332 | 5,140 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 49 | 1:35,266 | 58 |
| India | 28 | 1:27,395,192 | 354,286 |
| Andorra | 27 | 1:3,105 | 589 |
| Netherlands | 20 | 1:844,359 | 60,801 |
| Denmark | 18 | 1:313,595 | 22,770 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Russia | 16 | 1:9,007,691 | 311,782 |
| United Arab Emirates | 14 | 1:654,448 | 24,061 |
| Sweden | 14 | 1:703,340 | 52,204 |
| Scotland | 11 | 1:486,711 | 19,179 |
| Argentina | 10 | 1:4,274,341 | 152,056 |
| Iceland | 9 | 1:42,232 | 2,922 |
| Italy | 9 | 1:6,795,188 | 113,457 |
| Gibraltar | 6 | 1:5,659 | 991 |
| Czechia | 6 | 1:1,772,245 | 105,647 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Macau | 6 | 1:100,272 | 488 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Paraguay | 4 | 1:1,809,186 | 12,346 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Romania | 3 | 1:6,692,623 | 78,504 |
| Uruguay | 3 | 1:1,143,919 | 35,564 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:33,067 | 4,675 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Lourenço (79,181) may also be a first name.
Lourenço Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
In my family, we know of 2 variants of this surname its from my mom's dad's side of the family. We live in the Azores, islands, that belongs to Portugal. My family history is marked by immigration, so we know by certain that we have a lot of mixes. My great-grandfather, would tell me that the first main habitants of the island were Italian, so we always joked that maybe we had Italian roots.
- andrea.fernandesFrom the given name Lourenco, the Portuguese version of Lawrence. It is of Roman origin, Laurentius, itself a toponymic meaning "from Laurentum", an ancient city in Latium.
- mfariacastroLourenço Demographics
Average Male Lourenço Height
173.18 cm
Average Female Lourenço Height
160.51 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Lourenço Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lourenço Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lourenço (Marathi: लॉरेिनको) is held by more people in Angola than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lourenço? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,013th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 26,771 people. Lourenço is predominantly found in Africa, where 66 percent of Lourenço are found; 66 percent are found in Southern Africa and 66 percent are found in Luso-Southern Africa. Lourenço is also the 12,481st most frequent first name on earth, held by 79,181 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Angola, where it is borne by 115,751 people, or 1 in 233. Excluding Angola Lourenço occurs in 73 countries. It also occurs in Mozambique, where 24 percent are found and Brazil, where 20 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lourenço Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lourenço in the Marathi language | ||
| लॉरेिनको | loreinako | 50 |
| लॉरेन्को | lorenko | 50 |
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