How common is the surname Lady?

1,070 people in the United States had the surname Lady in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 288,547 Americans. It ranked 23,675th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lady?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Lady identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Lady getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,085 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,070 in 2010, down 1.4%.

The surname Lady

A surname, carried by 1,070 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lady is more common than 85.4% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,070 people named Lady in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 288,547 Americans. That is down 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,085.

#23,675

rank among US surnames

1,070

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-1.4%

change since 2000 (was #22,196)

Who is named Lady

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

91% of people named Lady identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
Two or more races 2.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lady

Lady 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 Lady?: 1,070 people in the United States had the surname Lady in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 288,547 Americans. It ranked 23,675th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lady?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Lady identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Lady getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,085 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,070 in 2010, down 1.4%.