How common is the surname Ladwig?

2,104 people in the United States had the surname Ladwig in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 146,742 Americans. It ranked 14,248th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ladwig?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Ladwig identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Ladwig getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,123 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,104 in 2010, down 0.9%.

The surname Ladwig

A surname, carried by 2,104 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L320

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ladwig is more common than 91.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,104 people named Ladwig in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 146,742 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,123.

#14,248

rank among US surnames

2,104

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-0.9%

change since 2000 (was #13,194)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,247	Mikhail	2,105	146,672
#14,248	Przybylski	2,104	146,742
#14,252	Buttram	2,103	146,812
#14,257	Seyler	2,102	146,882

Who is named Ladwig

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

96% of people named Ladwig identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ladwig

Ludwig

Ladwig has the Soundex code L320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L320.

Questions

How common is the surname Ladwig?: 2,104 people in the United States had the surname Ladwig in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 146,742 Americans. It ranked 14,248th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ladwig?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Ladwig identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Ladwig getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,123 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,104 in 2010, down 0.9%.