Lavender is used as a family name or surname in French. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Lavender
No. of characters: 8
Origin: French
Meaning: A laundress; Lavandiere, French, one who washes, from the Latin, lavo, to wash

How popular is Lavender?

Lavender is common in Australia.

Lavender is ranked 24598 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Lavender bearers increased by 2.217529 per cent in 2010 US census to 7744 since 2000, the surname slipped by 243 spots and ranked at 4583. The last name was found in around 26 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 69.86 72.66
Black 23.81 22.62
Others 2.17 1.45
Hispanic or Latino 2 1.39
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.78 1.52
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.37 0.36
Lavender is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Wales is ahead in terms of density. Around 20840 people have been found who wears Lavender as their family name. Lavender is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
497,106 Indonesia8
127,708 Czech Republic3
30,723 Georgia3
23,344 Austria2
4,104 South Korea2
139,444 Brazil2
18,035 Egypt2
18,625 Japan2
8,995 Uganda2
12,844 Pakistan2
124,220 Italy2
492,292 Ukraine1
53,505 Turkey1
3,275 Nepal1
15,162 Costa Rica1
3,952 Yemen1
53,033 Nigeria1
8,371 Syria1
24,421 Slovakia1
42,479 Greece1
25,746 Finland1
49,101 Denmark1
10,683 Cyprus1
34,581 Chile1
4,249 Cambodia1
799 British Virgin Islands1
120,357 Argentina1
165,773 Belarus1
10,958 Bangladesh1
8,859 Iraq1
31,207 Ireland1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
58,885 Poland1
11,510 Oman1
1,572 Macau1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
2,057 Myanmar1
6,688 Malawi1
4,942 Libya1
14,373 Jordan1
2,057 Isle of Man1
10,190 Bahrain1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,906 Israel47
1,461 China32
58,436 Spain30
9,620 Singapore30
11,444 Portugal28
36,547 Switzerland27
57,220 Netherlands27
359,634 India26
28,338 Norway20
353,279 Russia19
5,663 Thailand18
1,286 Malta16
70,910 Zimbabwe11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,257 Hong Kong71
17,601 United Arab Emirates54
Countries with hundreds of Lavender:
2,882 Malaysia885
5,725 Canada759
9,056 Kenya549
11,494 South Africa548
31,047 Germany336
39,199 Philippines258
1,678 Wales237
1,368 Taiwan232
4,294 New Zealand178
3,984 Scotland151
71,478 France135
23,602 Mexico131
14,304 Belgium126
Countries with thousands of Lavender:
4,435 United States9,006
2,190 England3,657
1,187 Vietnam1,789
2,305 Australia1,346
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Catherine Lavender was 19 years old when she migrated to New-York during Irish famine on May 7, 1846. She lived in Co.Roscommon, Ireland where she worked as workwoman and took Macedonia from Liverpool. 22 years old Joseph Lavender, Workwoman Sarah Lavender, Jane Lavender (22) Surveyor, George Lavender, aged Born at sea, 36 years old Ellen Lavender, Ellen Lavender (Born at sea) Infant, 34 years old William Lavender, Immigrant William Lavender, are others that migrated to US from Belfast, London and Liverpool.

Lavender Namesakes

  • Brendon Lavender, Basketball Player
  • David Lavender, Historian
  • Daniela Lavender, Actress
  • Daniela Lavender, Actress
  • Jimmy Lavender, Baseball player
  • Ian Lavender, Film actor
  • Jantel Lavender, Basketball Player
  • Jody Lavender, Racing driver
  • Ian Lavender, Film actor
  • Daniela Lavender, Actress

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