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

Lazzaro, 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 Lazzaro surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Lazzaro in America

Lazzaro is the 12221st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Lazzaro surname appeared 2,547 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 Lazzaro.

We can also compare 2010 data for Lazzaro 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 Lazzaro

The surname Lazzaro originates from Italy and can be traced back to the 12th century. It is derived from the Italian name Lazzaro, which is a variant of the biblical name Lazarus. The name Lazarus itself comes from the Aramaic name El'azar, meaning "God has helped".

In Italy, the name Lazzaro was particularly common in the regions of Campania and Lazio, where it was often used as a personal name before becoming a hereditary surname. The earliest recorded instances of the surname Lazzaro can be found in various medieval documents from these regions.

One of the earliest known bearers of the surname Lazzaro was Lazzaro di Piero, a merchant from Naples who lived in the late 13th century. He is mentioned in several commercial records from that time period. Another notable early bearer was Lazzaro Bramante, an Italian Renaissance architect and painter who was born in Fermignano, near Urbino, in 1444 and died in 1514.

In the 15th century, a family of Lazzaro gained prominence in the city of Padua. One member, Lazzaro Lazzari (1445-1516), was a renowned physician and professor at the University of Padua. His grandson, Lazzaro Lazzari (1515-1585), was also a physician and served as the personal doctor to several Venetian doges.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, the Lazzaro surname spread to other parts of Italy, including Sicily and Sardinia. In Sardinia, the name was sometimes spelled as "Lazzaru" or "Lazzaru-Dore" due to the influence of the local Sardinian language.

Another notable bearer of the Lazzaro surname was Giovanni Andrea Lazzaro (1608-1688), an Italian painter from Genoa who was known for his religious and mythological works. His paintings can be found in various churches and galleries across Italy.

As the Lazzaro surname spread throughout Italy over the centuries, it also began to appear in other parts of Europe and beyond, carried by Italian immigrants and their descendants. However, its origins can be firmly traced back to the Italian regions of Campania and Lazio in the medieval period.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Lazzaro

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

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

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