How common is the surname Laclair?

2,606 people in the United States had the surname Laclair in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 118,475 Americans. It ranked 11,984th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Laclair?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Laclair identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Is the surname Laclair getting more or less common?

More common. 2,527 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,606 in 2010, up 3.1%.

The surname Laclair

A surname, carried by 2,606 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L246

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Laclair is more common than 92.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,606 people named Laclair in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 118,475 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,527.

#11,984

rank among US surnames

2,606

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+3.1%

change since 2000 (was #11,437)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,977	Fleshman	2,608	118,384
#11,982	McCay	2,607	118,429
#11,984	Laclair	2,606	118,475
#11,988	Burchard	2,605	118,520
#11,993	Chubb	2,604	118,566

Who is named Laclair

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

92% of people named Laclair identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
American Indian and Alaska Native 3.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Laclair

Laclair has the Soundex code L246, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L246.

Questions

How common is the surname Laclair?: 2,606 people in the United States had the surname Laclair in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 118,475 Americans. It ranked 11,984th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Laclair?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Laclair identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Is the surname Laclair getting more or less common?: More common. 2,527 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,606 in 2010, up 3.1%.