Laus

surname · Latin script

Meaning: louse

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

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

Laus is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • HRCroatia1 in 7.7K(measured from records)
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 41K
  • EEEstonia≈1 in 15K

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.

Philippines (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,700 people, est.

Sources
129 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 7.7K (inferred from the name graph)

Croatia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Lauš in HR Croatia, BA Bosnia & Herzegovina.

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)

louse

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Laus 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 Laus is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PH Philippines—≈2,700 est.≈1 in 41K—Laus47
DE Germany—≈580 est.≈1 in 138K—Laus66
HR Croatia#9715521 in 7.7K552Lauš31
BR Brazil—≈350 est.≈1 in 609K76—2
BE Belgium—2951 in 40K295Laus9
EE Estonia—≈81 est.≈1 in 15K75Laus9
BA Bosnia & Herzegovina—≈45 est.≈1 in 86K—Lauš2

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: DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); the ee-stat-nimed register. 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)

Laus is also recorded as 6 other names, 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, Peru, United States

    Also written La-Us

  • Portuguese surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, Philippines, United States, Italy

    Also written Lauš

  • French surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Belgium, Philippines, United States

    Also written Lauš, Laùs

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Lauš

  • Estonian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Estonia, Philippines, United States, United Kingdom

    Languages: Estonian, Finnish

    Also written Lauš

  • Czech surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Czechia, Philippines, United States

    Also written Lauš

52 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)

Laus is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In frp, alternative form of lèc (“lake”)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In tpi, any external parasitic insect; flea; louse.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Latin, praise, glory, repute

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In got, romanization of 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Luxembourgish, louse (insect)

    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)

18501900195020002050Heinrich Laus, b. 1872Lausimar Laus, b. 1916Ruth Laus, b. 1920Harry Laus, b. 1922Mauro Laus, b. 1966Pia Laus-Schneider, b. 1968Paul Laus, b. 1970Camille Laus, b. 1993Beabadoobe, b. 2000Honcques Laus, b. 2001

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)

FormalDear Laus,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 39 sources across 21 countries.

Official registers attesting Laus
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—860#10,598
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)2008295#5,610
BE BelgiumStatbel — Noms de famille (family names)—244#7,213
HR CroatiaDZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021)2021143—
HR CroatiaDZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)2021138#5,935
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—75#1,161
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—70#1,221

Reference works 5

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 Laus mean, and where does it come from?
louse Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Laus?
A machine transcription gives /leəs/ (IPA) for English.
What are other forms of the name Laus?
In the etymology graph, Lausen is a form of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Laus have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.7 thousand people named Laus in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled laus.
Where is Laus most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Laus is densest in Croatia — about 1 in 7.7 thousand people — even though Philippines holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Laus?
In Croatia, the national register counted 552 people named Laus in 2021, about 1 in 7.7 thousand residents.
How common is Laus compared with other names?
In Croatia, Laus is the 971st most common surname of 72,581 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Laus” — the 971st most common surname in Croatia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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