Lazar Last Name Facts and Heraldry

Your Lazar ancestor may well appear as Lázare in earlier records. At root, the name means “from the name Lázaro”.

Arms associated with the name

Arms linked to Lázare and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Spelling and variants

Lazar is listed among the recognised spellings of Lázare. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

Spain's INE counts 2,154 residents with Lazar as first surname and 363 with it as second. Spaniards carry two surnames, one from each parent, which is why Lazar is counted in both positions. 459 people born in France between 1891 and 2000 carried the Lazar name at birth. Want more than a summary? See the Lazar family name pack.