Find out how popular the last name Lauria is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Lauria.

Lauria, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Lauria surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Lauria in America

Lauria is the 11362nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Lauria surname appeared 2,777 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Lauria.

We can also compare 2010 data for Lauria to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Lauria

The surname Lauria is of Italian origin, specifically from the region of Calabria in southern Italy. It is believed to have originated in the medieval period, likely around the 12th or 13th century.

The name Lauria is thought to be derived from the Latin word "laurea," which means laurel or bay tree. This suggests that the name may have been originally associated with a person who lived near laurel trees or had some connection to this plant.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Lauria can be found in the Codex Diplomaticus Regni Siciliae, a collection of medieval documents from the Kingdom of Sicily, which includes present-day Calabria. This document mentions a nobleman named Ruggiero Lauria, who lived in the late 13th century and served as an admiral in the fleet of Peter III of Aragon.

In the 14th century, the name Lauria appears in a manuscript known as the Libro Rosso di Gerace, which contains records of various noble families in the town of Gerace, located in the province of Reggio Calabria. This document mentions several individuals with the surname Lauria, indicating that the name was well-established in the region by that time.

One notable figure in history with the surname Lauria was Benedetto Lauria, a 16th-century Italian jurist and legal scholar from Calabria. He was born in 1522 and is known for his work on the legal system of the Kingdom of Naples.

Another individual of note was Giovanni Battista Lauria, a 17th-century Italian painter from Calabria. He was born in 1639 and is known for his religious paintings, many of which can be found in churches throughout southern Italy.

In the 19th century, Giuseppe Lauria was an Italian politician and lawyer from Calabria. He was born in 1830 and served as a member of the Italian Parliament, representing the province of Reggio Calabria.

Vincenzo Lauria, born in 1852, was a Calabrian-born Italian philosopher and educator. He was known for his work on the philosophy of education and his contributions to the development of the Italian education system.

The surname Lauria has also been associated with various place names in Calabria, such as the town of Lauria in the province of Potenza, and the village of Lauria Inferiore in the province of Reggio Calabria. These place names likely derived from the surname itself or vice versa, reflecting the longstanding presence of the Lauria family in the region.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Lauria

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Lauria.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Lauria was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Lauria has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Lauria was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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