Laufs
surname · Latin script
Meaning: genitive singular of Lauf
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Laufs is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 116K(inferred from the name graph)
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 137K
- PLPoland≈1 in 966K
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.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 72 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 116K (inferred from the name graph)
≈690 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
genitive singular of Lauf
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Laufs 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | ≈690 est. | ≈1 in 116K | — | Laufs | 72 |
| ZA South Africa | ≈410 est. | ≈1 in 137K | — | Laufs | 16 |
| PL Poland | ≈40 est. | ≈1 in 966K | — | Laufs | 1 |
| US United States | ≈10 est. | ≈1 in 35M | — | Laufs | 24 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈7 est. | ≈1 in 9.3M | — | Laufs | 13 |
| AU Australia | ≈5 est. | ≈1 in 5.5M | — | Laufs | 8 |
| CH Switzerland | 3 | 1 in 2.8M | 3 | — | 1 |
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: BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Laufs is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In got, romanization of 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍆𐍃
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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Carl Laufsb. 1858DEGerman writer (1858-1900)
- Adolf Laufsb. 1935DEGerman jurist (1935–2014)
- Rainer Laufsb. 1941DEGerman business executive
- Ulrich Laufsb. 1969DEresearcher
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 3 sources across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 3 | #154,370 |
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
- What does the name Laufs mean, and where does it come from?
- genitive singular of Lauf Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Laufs have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 689 people named Laufs in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled laufs.
- How common is the name Laufs?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted 3 people named Laufs in 2024, about 1 in 2.8 million residents.
What do you want to know about Laufs?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/laufsThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Laufs”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.