The LAABS surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	1,617	16391	0.001	6
United States (1880 census)	164	22315	0	3
Change since 1880	+1453	+5924	+N/A	+3
Other Countries
Australia	0			0
United Kingdom	3	34357	0	0

Top States for LAABS by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Wisconsin	631	905	0.012	118
Minnesota	198	3270	0.004	40
California	73	29497	0.000	2
Texas	68	20135	0.000	3
Washington	63	11061	0.001	11
Top States for LAABS by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Wisconsin	631	905	0.012	118
South Dakota	34	3694	0.005	45
Minnesota	198	3270	0.004	40
Alaska	11	8832	0.002	18
North Dakota	9	11082	0.001	14

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called LAABS live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called LAABS represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called LAABS in Wisconsin than any other state, but you are more likely to find a LAABS by picking someone at random in Wisconsin than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of LAABS

Region of origin: Europe

Country of origin: Germany

Language of origin: German

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the LAABS surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of LAABS in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
White (Hispanic)	67	4.14
Mixed Race	16	0.99
Native American/Alaskan	8	0.49
White (Caucasian)	1,519	93.94
Asian/Pacific	Less than 100	Insignificant
Black/African American	Less than 100	Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the LAABS surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Similar names to LAABS

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as LAABS.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.