Lauge

surname · Latin script

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 9 countries · latest register: Danmarks Statistik, 2024

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

Lauge is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Argentina than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Old Danish (Old East Norse) Laghi, probably meaning "friend", as in the latter part of Old Norse félagi.

rarermore common
  • DKDenmark1 in 98K(measured from records)
  • SESweden1 in 276K
  • ARArgentina1 in 347K

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.

Argentina (measured from records)

131 people

Record sources
100 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

1 in 98K (inferred from the name graph)

Denmark

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts

(measured from records)

One other spelling is 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)

From Old Danish (Old East Norse) Laghi, probably meaning "friend", as in the latter part of Old Norse félagi.

Cited for this meaning 3

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Lauge 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 Lauge is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
AR Argentina1311 in 347K131——
DK Denmark601 in 98K3.9K——
FR France≈45 est.≈1 in 1.5M23Lauge100
SE Sweden371 in 276K37—1
ES Spain161 in 3.1M16—1

131 people counted by RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). 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: Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). 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)

Lauge is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Dominican Republic

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Laugé, Laugè

  • English surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, India, Philippines

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Laugé

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Laugé

21 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.

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)
FormalEstimado Sr. Lauge,Dear Mr Lauge, (English)
InformalHola Lauge,Hi Lauge, (English)

Evidence

(measured from records)

13 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Lauge
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—3.9K#153
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Navne til nyfødte (1985–present)2023323#17
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Navne til nyfødte (1985–present)2024286#21
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Navne til nyfødte (1985–present)2022257#26
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Navne til nyfødte (1985–present)2019256#26
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Navne til nyfødte (1985–present)2020253#27
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Navne til nyfødte (1985–present)2021243#32
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Navne til nyfødte (1985–present)2018216#32
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Navne til nyfødte (1985–present)2017191#42
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Navne til nyfødte (1985–present)2015187#42
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Navne til nyfødte (1985–present)2016183#43
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—16#27,582

Reference works 3

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 Lauge mean, and where does it come from?
From Old Danish (Old East Norse) Laghi, probably meaning "friend", as in the latter part of Old Norse félagi. Recorded by Wiktionary and Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon and 1 other source.
What are other forms of the name Lauge?
In the etymology graph, Lage is a form of the same name in other languages.
How do you pronounce Lauge?
A machine transcription gives /lauxe/ (IPA) for Spanish.
In which country does Lauge have the most bearers?
In Argentina, the national register counted about 131 people named Lauge, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Lauge most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Lauge is densest in Denmark — about 1 in 98 thousand people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Lauge?
In Argentina, the national register counted 131 people named Lauge, about 1 in 347 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, “Lauge”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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