Laurie

Laurie is the 10,142nd most common surname in the United States, shared by 3,029 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 98,700.

By the numbers

People: 3,029
Rank: 10,142nd
How common: 1 in 98,700
Per 100,000: 1.0

Where the name comes from

Origin a given name

The given names are s of all ultimately from Latin laurus (“laurel”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Laurie described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 83.7%
Black, not Hispanic 6.9%
Hispanic or Latino 4.5%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.4%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 1.2%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.4%

Notable people called Laurie

Hugh Laurie (born 1959)English actor, comedian, director, musician and writer
Piper Laurie (1932–2023)American actress
John Laurie (1897–1980)Scottish actor
Ran Laurie (1915–1998)British rower
Louis Laurie (1917–2002)American boxer
Miracle Laurie (born 1981)American actress

People named Laurie with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Laurie

Also a first name

Laurie has been given to 168,442 American babies as a first name since 1882, peaking in 1962. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.