# Laidlaw (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/laidlaw/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,858 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,700 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 166,171 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.2% (1,717 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Laidler |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Laidlaw in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Laidlaw in the United States.

## People named Laidlaw

- Marc Laidlaw, American writer
- Ethan Laidlaw, American actor (1899–1963)

## Similar surnames

Little, Lytle, Liddell, Ludlow, Liddle, Littell, Lyttle, Ledwell.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.