Laç

loc · Latin script

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

Laç is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States. Recorded meaning: From Portuguese laca, from Hindi लाख (lākh)/Urdu لاکھ (lākh) or cognates in other Indo-Aryan languages, from Sanskrit लक्ष (lakṣa).

United States (inferred from the name graph)

no count published

Sources
11 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

7 other spellings are counted as the same name:

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)

Derivation of Laç: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Laç
  1. Portugueselaca(measured from records)
  2. Hindiलाखlākh(measured from records)
  3. Sanskritलक्षlakṣa(measured from records)

From Portuguese laca, from Hindi लाख (lākh)/Urdu لاکھ (lākh) or cognates in other Indo-Aryan languages, from Sanskrit लक्ष (lakṣa).

Sources 4

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • 국립국어원 외래어 표기 용례 자료 (NIKL loanword/foreign-name transcription examples)
  • Wiktionary
  • Skok, Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (1971-74)

Attested across 23 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Laç counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Where Laç is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—796—6
FR France—125—1
SE Sweden—47——
BR Brazil—42——
FI Finland—25——

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 2020; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Laç is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name14 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Lac, Lạc, Lắc, Läç, Lāč

  • French surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Canada, Switzerland

    Also written Lac, L-Ac, Lạc

  • Portuguese name16 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Switzerland, Mexico, Portugal, France

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Lac, Lạc, Lặc, Ĺac, Lác

  • a separate name7 spellings in the group

    Also written Lắc, Lac, Lạc

  • a separate name7 spellings in the group

    Also written Lac, Lạc, Lắc

7 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.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Laç under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Laç mean, and where does it come from?
From Portuguese laca, from Hindi लाख (lākh)/Urdu لاکھ (lākh) or cognates in other Indo-Aryan languages, from Sanskrit लक्ष (lakṣa). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and 국립국어원 외래어 표기 용례 자료 (NIKL loanword/foreign-name transcription examples) and 2 other sources.
In which country does Laç have the most bearers?
Laç is most frequently recorded in the United States.

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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, “Laç”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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