Show ContentsLazo History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The surname Lazo is derived from the Aramaic male given name Lazar, which is a form of the Hebrew male name Elazar. This name is composed of the elements el, which means God and azar, which means help and it means God has helped.

Lazo Ranking

In the United States, the name Lazo is the 6,356th most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 1


United States Lazo migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Lazo Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Juan Lazo, aged 26, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1845 2
  • M lazo, aged 21, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1861 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Lazo (post 1700) +

  • Alec Lazo, Cuban-American professional dancer, instructor, and choreographer
  • Sergey Lazo (1894-1920), Moldovan revolutionary, Communist leader in the October 1917 Revolution in the Russian Far East
  • Pedro Luis Lazo Iglesias (b. 1973), Cuban Olympic gold medalist baseball pitcher
  • Agustín Lazo Adalid (1896-1971), Mexican artist, scenic painter, costume designer and dramaturg
  • Olegario Lazo Baeza (1878-1964), Chilean writer


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. 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)


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