Laura families are Croats and they are mostly from Ploce. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Ploce.
Prevalence
About 70 people with faimily name Laura live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and four other places, mostly in Split (40), Rogotin (10), Zadar (<10), Zagreb (<10), and in Pozega (<10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.