# Auld (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/auld/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Scots.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Scottish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,798 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,290 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 110,345 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.6% (2,755 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Aud |

## Etymology

From Scots auld (“old”). Compare the English surname Old.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Auld in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 85% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.4% |
| Two or more races | 3.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Auld in the United States.

## People named Auld

- Andy Auld, American soccer player (1900–1977)

## Similar surnames

Ault, Alda, Alt, Alday, Allday.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.