# Labrador (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/labrador/  
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 Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,036 |
| US rank (2010) | 14,617 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 151,643 people |
| Change since 2000 | +28% (1,597 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈlæb.ɹəˌdɔɹ/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Named after Portuguese explorer João Fernandes Lavrador, from Portuguese lavrador (“landholder, farmer”), ultimately from Latin labor (“work”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Labrador 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) | 8.0% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 51% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 36% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 4.6% |

## Similar surnames

Laborde, Laprade, Labrada, Labrado, Lafferty, Laporte, Lippert, Leverett, Liberty, Leverette, Laverty, Liberatore.

## 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.