Lourens History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
France

The surname Lourens comes from an old French given name Laurens (Laurentius in Latin). Versions of this given name were popular throughout Christian Europe due to a Saint, so named, who was martyred in Rome in the 3rd century A.D.

Early Origins of the Lourens family

The surname Lourens was first found in Provence.

Early History of the Lourens family

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Lourens Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Laurent, Saint-Laurent, Lauren, Laurents, Lorent, Loren, Laurrent, Laurren, Laurrents, Lorrent, Lorren, Laurrens, Laurens, Laurrens, Saint-Laurrent, Saint-Lauren, Saint-Laurents, Saint-Laurrents, Saint-Laurren, Saint-Lorent, Saint-Loren, Saint-Lorens, Saint-Lorrent, Saint-Lorren and many more.

Early Notables of the Lourens family

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Lourens Ranking

In South Africa, the name Lourens is the 484^th most popular surname with an estimated 14,781 people with that name. 1

Lourens migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Lourens Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Jan Lourens, who landed in New York in 1663 2

Lourens Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Johannes Lourens, who arrived in New York in 1709 2

Lourens Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Evert Lourens, aged 50, who immigrated to the United States from Ameland, in 1898

Lourens Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Joseph Lourens, aged 37, who settled in America, in 1919
Karel Lourens, aged 26, who immigrated to the United States, in 1921
Hipolito Lourens, aged 19, who immigrated to the United States, in 1923
Gerardus Lourens, aged 41, who landed in America, in 1923
Gerardus Lourens, aged 42, who settled in America, in 1924
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Contemporary Notables of the name Lourens (post 1700) +

Thys Lourens (b. 1943), former South African rugby union footballer

Citations +

"Most Common Last Names in South Africa." Forebears, https://forebears.io/south-africa/surnames
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)