Lourenço Surname

2,013th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 272,220 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Angola
Highest density in:
Angola

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.

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Lourenço Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Angola115,7511:23344
Mozambique64,2701:42477
Brazil54,5221:3,926323
Portugal34,1951:30552
France5421:122,55118,551
São Tomé and Príncipe4661:38178
England4081:136,56413,368
Switzerland3131:26,2394,072
United States2981:1,216,30586,337
Canada2231:165,22716,632
Spain2211:211,54814,299
Germany1591:506,32443,083
Cape Verde1421:3,730161
South Africa1101:492,52540,325
Luxembourg831:6,9941,063
Belgium661:174,19223,583
Australia571:473,60936,415
Ireland511:92,3325,140
Guinea-Bissau491:35,26658
India281:27,395,192354,286
Andorra271:3,105589
Netherlands201:844,35960,801
Denmark181:313,59522,770
Botswana171:128,64318,229
Russia161:9,007,691311,782
United Arab Emirates141:654,44824,061
Sweden141:703,34052,204
Scotland111:486,71119,179
Argentina101:4,274,341152,056
Iceland91:42,2322,922
Italy91:6,795,188113,457
Gibraltar61:5,659991
Czechia61:1,772,245105,647
Norway61:857,04855,549
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Macau61:100,272488
China51:273,464,31313,838
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Paraguay41:1,809,18612,346
Suriname41:138,1547,029
Romania31:6,692,62378,504
Uruguay31:1,143,91935,564
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Jersey31:33,0674,675
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Senegal21:7,289,6718,117
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471

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.fernandes

From 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.

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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

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lourenço in the Marathi language
लॉरेिनकोloreinako50
लॉरेन्कोlorenko50

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