How rare is the last name Lavender?

7,312 people in the United States have the last name Lavender, about 1 in 40,878. It ranks #4,700 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

last name

LAVENDER

#4,700

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,312
About
1 in 40,878
This common or more
57.8%
Who bears it

Of the 7,312 people with the last name Lavender, 66.4% reported their origin as White, 24.4% as Black and 3.7% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Lavender

1 other last name also has 7,312 people.

#4,700 Lear · 7,312

Either side of Lavender

#4,698 Roller · 7,319#4,698 Segal · 7,319#4,700 Lear · 7,312#4,702 Olds · 7,310

Spelled almost the same

4 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lavender, most common first.

#50,251 Lavinder · 450#137,553 Lavandera · 126#139,785 Lavander · 123#140,525 Lavandier · 122

Also a first name

As a first name, Lavender ranks #11,424 of 53,615, with 1,122 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2024, with 261 births. See Lavender as a first name

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