Laat
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Laat is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: late.
- THThailand≈1 in 165Kas ลาดี(inferred from the name graph)
- NLNetherlands1 in 421Kas Ladi
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 320K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Laat itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 84 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 320K (inferred from the name graph)
1,214 named Lard, 2010
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
South Africa, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled ลาด in TH Thailand and Lad in IN India.
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)
late
Sources 1
- A Frequency Dictionary of Dutch
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Laat 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 1,214as Lard | 1 in 274K | 1.2K | Laat | 63 |
| IN India | — | 615as Ladi | 1 in 2.2M | 615 | Lad | 24 |
| TH Thailand | — | ≈420 est. | ≈1 in 165K | #558,287 | ลาด | 46 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈180 est. | ≈1 in 320K | — | Laat | 6 |
| NO Norway | — | 66as Lad | 1 in 83K | 66 | — | — |
| BE Belgium | — | 44as Lard | 1 in 266K | 44 | Laat | 29 |
| NL Netherlands | #435 | 41as Ladi | 1 in 421K | 65 | Laat | 84 |
1,214 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010, counting the spelling lard. 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: CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Laat is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Dutch, late (not early)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Afrikaans, to cause to, to make; forms a causative phrase.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In nds (Germany), late, tardy
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In mvv, badness
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 5 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 78 | #33,397 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 45 | #7,839 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 34 | #11,378 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 16 | #12,977 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 14 | #17,580 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 9 | #13,919 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 7 | #70,328 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 6 | #8,376 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 5 | #6,275 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 3 | #282,211 |
Reference works 1
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Laat mean, and where does it come from?
- late Recorded by A Frequency Dictionary of Dutch.
- In which country does Laat have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 1.2 thousand people named Lard, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Laat?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,214 people named Lard in 2010, about 1 in 274 thousand residents.
- How common is Laat compared with other names?
- In the Netherlands, Laat is the 435th most common surname of 284,143 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Laat?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/laatThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Laat” — the 435th most common surname in Netherlands. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.