Lorénz
surname · Latin script
Lorénz is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Germany it is the 63rd most common surname. Recorded meaning: From Latin Laurentius.
- DEGermany≈1 in 1.5K(inferred from the name graph)
- ATAustria≈1 in 4.2K
- USUnited States1 in 23K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 367 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.5K (inferred from the name graph)
≈87,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Lorenz in US United States, DE Germany, AT Austria and 3 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From Latin Laurentius.
Sources 6
- A concise dictionary of first names
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wiktionary
- Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
Attested across 23 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Lorénz counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈87,000 est. | ≈1 in 16K | — | Lorenz | 12 |
| DE Germany | #63 | ≈55,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | — | Lorenz | 217 |
| US United States | — | 14,528 | 1 in 23K | 15K | Lorenz | 367 |
| AT Austria | #246 | ≈2,100 est. | ≈1 in 4.2K | 7.4K | Lorenz | 111 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈2,000 est. | ≈1 in 33K | — | Lorenz | 104 |
| CH Switzerland | #767 | 1,212 | 1 in 6.9K | 1.2K | Lorenz | 91 |
| LI Liechtenstein | — | ≈3 est. | ≈1 in 13K | 11 | — | 8 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Statistik Liechtenstein — Familiennamenstatistik (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Lorénz mean, and where does it come from?
- From Latin Laurentius. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Dictionary of American Family Names and 4 other sources.
- In which country does Lorénz have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 87 thousand people named Lorénz in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled lorenz.
- How common is the name Lorénz?
- In the United States, the national register counted 14,528 people named Lorénz in 2010, about 1 in 23 thousand residents.
- How common is Lorénz compared with other names?
- In Germany, Lorénz is the 63rd most common surname of 765,306 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Lorénz” — the 63rd most common surname in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.