Show ContentsStlaurent History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The surname Stlaurent 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 Stlaurent family

The surname Stlaurent was first found in Provence.

Early History of the Stlaurent family

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Stlaurent 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 Stlaurent family

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Stlaurent World Ranking

In the United States, the name Stlaurent is the 9,624th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1 However, in Canada, the name Stlaurent is ranked the 742nd most popular surname with an estimated 7,227 people with that name. 2 And in Quebec, Canada, the name Stlaurent is the 198th popular surname. 3

Migration of the Stlaurent family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Augustus Laurent, who settled in Philadelphia in 1856; Catharine Laurent, aged 60; settled in New Orleans in 1820; François Laurent settled in Philadelphia in 1796.


Contemporary Notables of the name Stlaurent (post 1700) +

  • Louis Stephen St. Laurent PC, CC, QC (1882-1973), Canadian politician, 12th Prime Minister of Canada (1948-1957)
  • Joseph Dollard Herve St. Laurent (1929-2015), Canadian ice hockey defenceman who played from 1949 to 1963


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. "Surnames Meanings, Origins & Distribution Maps - Forebears." Forebears, https://forebears.io/surnames
  3. "The first 1,000 family names by rank, Quebec (in French only)" Institut de la statistique du Quebec, https://statistique.quebec.ca/en/document/family-names-in-quebec/tableau/the-first-1000-family-names-by-rank-quebec


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