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    The surname Ladd

    A surname, carried by 16,112 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex L300

    Ladd: #2,256 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Ladd #2,256, 16,112 people Ladd: #2,256 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ladd #2,256, 16,112 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ladd is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 16,112 people named Ladd in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 19,162 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 15,898.

    #2,256
    rank among US surnames
    16,112
    people in 2010
    5.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.3%
    change since 2000 (was #2,096)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,247Mattson16,20319,055
    #2,249London16,19519,064
    #2,250Adame16,19319,067
    #2,251Bynum16,16619,098
    #2,252Farias16,15319,114
    #2,253Brannon16,13619,134
    #2,254Cazares16,13419,136

    Who is named Ladd

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

    88% of people named Ladd identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Ladds

    12 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Alan Ladd
      American actor (1913–1964)
    • Diane Ladd
      American actress (1935–2025)
    • Cheryl Ladd
      American actress, singer, and author, born 1951
    • Jordan Ladd
      American actress, born 1975
    • Anna Coleman Ladd
      American sculptor (1878–1939)
    • Aspen Ladd
      American mixed martial artist, born 1995
    • Alan Ladd Jr.
      American film producer (1937–2022)
    • Ernie Ladd
      American football player and professional wrestler (1938–2007)
    • Margaret Ladd
      American actress, born 1942
    • Edwin F. Ladd
      American politician (1859-1925)
    • George Trumbull Ladd
      American psychologist, educator and philosopher (1842–1921)
    • George Eldon Ladd
      American Baptist minister and professor, 1911–1982

    Notable Ladds come mostly from the United States (11) and Canada (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ladd

    Ladd has the Soundex code L300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L300.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Ladd?
    16,112 people in the United States had the surname Ladd in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,162 Americans. It ranked 2,256th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ladd?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Ladd identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Ladd?
    Alan Ladd, American actor (1913–1964), followed by Diane Ladd.
    Where is the surname Ladd most common?
    Wikidata records people named Ladd in the United States and Canada.
    Is the surname Ladd getting more or less common?
    More common. 15,898 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,112 in 2010, up 1.3%.