The surname Labrador
A Spanish occupational surname, carried by 2,036 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈlæb.ɹəˌdɔɹ/ 3 syllables Soundex L163
Origin
Spanish origin
Named after Portuguese explorer João Fernandes Lavrador, from Portuguese lavrador (“landholder, farmer”), ultimately from Latin labor (“work”).
Labrador is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.
One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,036 people named Labrador in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 151,643 Americans. That is up 28% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,597.
Who is named Labrador
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
51% of people named Labrador identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 36% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 8.0% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 51%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 36%
- White (not Hispanic) 8.0%
- Two or more races 4.6%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Labrador has the Soundex code L163, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L163.
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Questions
- Where does the surname Labrador come from?
- Named after Portuguese explorer João Fernandes Lavrador, from Portuguese lavrador (“landholder, farmer”), ultimately from Latin labor (“work”).
- How common is the surname Labrador?
- 2,036 people in the United States had the surname Labrador in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 151,643 Americans. It ranked 14,617th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Labrador?
- In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Labrador identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 36% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- How do you pronounce Labrador?
- Labrador is /ˈlæb.ɹəˌdɔɹ/, 3 syllables.
- What type of surname is Labrador?
- Labrador is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
- Is the surname Labrador getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,597 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,036 in 2010, up 28%.