How common is the surname Ladson?

2,729 people in the United States had the surname Ladson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 113,135 Americans. It ranked 11,524th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Ladson getting more or less common?

More common. 2,412 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,729 in 2010, up 13%.

Is Ladson also a first name?

Yes. Ladson is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Ladson

A surname, carried by 2,729 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L325

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ladson is more common than 92.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,729 people named Ladson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 113,135 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,412.

#11,524

rank among US surnames

2,729

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+13.1%

change since 2000 (was #11,884)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,516	Sublett	2,731	113,052
#11,522	Truett	2,730	113,094
#11,524	Steffes	2,729	113,135
#11,529	Easterday	2,728	113,177

Who is named Ladson

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

77% of people named Ladson identified as Black (not Hispanic), 18% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 77%
White (not Hispanic) 18%
Two or more races 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ladson

Latson

Ladson has the Soundex code L325, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L325.

Questions

How common is the surname Ladson?: 2,729 people in the United States had the surname Ladson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 113,135 Americans. It ranked 11,524th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ladson?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Ladson identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 18% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Ladson getting more or less common?: More common. 2,412 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,729 in 2010, up 13%.
Is Ladson also a first name?: Yes. Ladson is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.