Laru
loc · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Laru is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- CACanada≈1 in 25Kas Larue(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 28Kas Larue
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 40Kas Larue
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 Laru 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)
- Sources
- 377 (measured from records)
- 1 in 31K (inferred from the name graph)
11,757 named Larue, 2010
Highest-authority source
Finland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Larue in US United States, GB United Kingdom, CA Canada and 2 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
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Sources 1
- Trask, Etymological Dictionary of Basque (2008 posthumous draft)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Laru 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 | 11,757as Larue | 1 in 28K | 12K | Larue | 377 |
| FR France | ≈5,600 est. | ≈1 in 12K | 662 | — | 5 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈1,600 est. | ≈1 in 40K | — | Larue | 52 |
| CA Canada | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 25K | — | Larue | 102 |
| IT Italy | ≈890 est. | ≈1 in 70K | — | Larue | 6 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈190 est. | ≈1 in 26K | — | Larue | 5 |
| FI Finland | 178 | 1 in 31K | 178 | — | 2 |
11,757 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). 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)
Laru is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Malagasy, a tree, the juice of which mixed with the Sakalava use as a fish poison; it yields a kind of India-rubber
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Javanese, to produce charcoal by permitting wood to smoulder for three days in a covered pit
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In zlm, ingredient to prevent or retard fermentation in toddy
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In ff, dish
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Basque, pale yellow
as a wordTrask, Etymological Dictionary of Basque (2008 posthumous draft)
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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 11 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 178 | #8,176 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register) | — | 73 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 6 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 5 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 4 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 4 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 4 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 4 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 2 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 2 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 2 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 1 | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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
- In which country does Laru have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 12 thousand people named Larue, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Laru most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Laru is densest in Finland — about 1 in 31 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Laru?
- In Finland, the national register counted 178 people named Laru, about 1 in 31 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/laruThe 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, “Laru”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.