How common is the surname Auld?

2,798 people in the United States had the surname Auld in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 110,345 Americans. It ranked 11,290th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Auld?

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

Where is the surname Auld most common?

Wikidata records people named Auld in the United States.

Is the surname Auld getting more or less common?

More common. 2,755 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,798 in 2010, up 1.6%.

The surname Auld

A Scottish surname, carried by 2,798 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex A430

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Auld is more common than 93% of them.

Origin

Scottish origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,798 people named Auld in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 110,345 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,755.

#11,290

rank among US surnames

2,798

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #10,657)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,283	Rasberry	2,800	110,266
#11,288	Eveland	2,799	110,306
#11,290	Auld	2,798	110,345
#11,293	Branco	2,797	110,385
#11,296	Bartolo	2,796	110,424
#11,299	Kovac	2,795	110,464

Who is named Auld

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

85% of people named Auld identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Aulds

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Andy Auld
American soccer player (1900–1977)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Auld

Auld has the Soundex code A430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A430.

Questions

Where does the surname Auld come from?: From Scots auld (“old”). Compare the English surname Old.
How common is the surname Auld?: 2,798 people in the United States had the surname Auld in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 110,345 Americans. It ranked 11,290th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Auld?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Auld identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Auld?: Andy Auld, American soccer player (1900–1977).
Where is the surname Auld most common?: Wikidata records people named Auld in the United States.
Is the surname Auld getting more or less common?: More common. 2,755 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,798 in 2010, up 1.6%.
What are other spellings of Auld?: Aud.