Last Name LAX

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Meaning Local: At the lake, from residence thereby. The chief home of this surname is county Somerset, where we find Lack (i.e. Lake) at an early period. French 'lac,' a lake. Hence a surname Lack, and with the final 's' Lacks. This by and by would become Lax.
Origin English, Jewish, Danish, Hungarian

Rank 12,749 (2000 US census) 11,506 (1990 US census)
Count 2,222 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 82.31%, or 1829 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 12.29%, or 273 total occurrences, as black,
  • 1.62%, or 36 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.36%, or 8 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.89%, or 42 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.53%, or 34 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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