Launo

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/layno/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Launo is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Finland than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Vernacular form of Klaus or Lauri.

rarermore common
  • FIFinland1 in 45K(measured from records)

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Finland (measured from records)

124 people

Sources
8 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 45K (inferred from the name graph)

Finland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Vernacular form of Klaus or Lauri.

Sources 2

Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Launo 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.

Where Launo is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FI Finland1241 in 45K171Launo3
PH Philippines———Launo7
US United States——listedLauno8
FR France——10——
SE Sweden——3——

124 people counted by DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). 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: DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Launo is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, Argentina, Finland

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Lauño

25 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Launo 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.

  • Finnish form of CLAUS .

    as a word

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalMadame, Monsieur,Dear Launo, (English)
InformalMadame, Monsieur,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 9 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Launo
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—124#10,845
FI FinlandDVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register)—56—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)193112—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199110—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19417—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19217—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19816—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19516—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19715—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19615—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19013—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)18913—

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • 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 Launo mean, and where does it come from?
Vernacular form of Klaus or Lauri. Recorded by Wiktionary and Nordic Names.
How do you pronounce Launo?
A machine transcription gives /layno/ (IPA) for French.
What are other forms of the name Launo?
In the etymology graph, Cai, Nicolau and Nichol are forms of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Launo have the most bearers?
In Finland, the national register counted about 124 people named Launo, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled launo.
Where is Launo most common?
Launo is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 45 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Launo?
In Finland, the national register counted 124 people named Launo, about 1 in 45 thousand residents.

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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, “Launo”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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