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

Lazare, 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 Lazare surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Lazare in America

Lazare is the 31516th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Lazare surname appeared 734 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Lazare.

We can also compare 2010 data for Lazare 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 Lazare

The surname LAZARE is of French origin, first appearing in records from the 12th century in the region of Normandy, France. The name is derived from the medieval French form of the biblical name Lazarus, which was Lazare.

In the 13th century, the surname LAZARE can be found in the Testa de Nevill, a medieval census of landowners in England, indicating that people with this name had settled in England by that time. The earliest recorded spelling of the name in England was Lazarus, which later evolved into Lazare and Lazare.

One of the earliest known bearers of the surname LAZARE was Jean Lazare, a French nobleman from Normandy who was mentioned in a charter dated 1197. Another early record is of Robert Lazare, who was listed in the Pipe Rolls of Yorkshire in 1230.

In the 14th century, the LAZARE surname appears in the Hundred Rolls of Cambridgeshire, a census of landowners in England, with the spelling Lasare. This suggests that the name had spread to other parts of England by that time.

A notable bearer of the LAZARE surname was Jacques Lazare (1515-1584), a French Protestant theologian and scholar who was a leading figure in the Reformation. Another famous person with this surname was Pierre Lazare Beringhen (1658-1722), a French nobleman and courtier who served as the First Valet de Chambre to King Louis XIV.

In the 17th century, the surname LAZARE can be found in the records of the French Protestant Church in London, indicating that some families with this name had fled religious persecution in France and settled in England.

Other notable individuals with the surname LAZARE include Jean-Baptiste Lazare Venard (1800-1861), a French missionary and martyr who was canonized by the Catholic Church in 1988, and Lucien Lazare (1882-1962), a French artist and illustrator known for his works depicting Parisian life in the early 20th century.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Lazare

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

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 Lazare 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 Lazare 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 Lazare was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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