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    The surname Laidlaw

    A surname, carried by 1,858 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L340

    Laidlaw: #15,700 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Laidlaw #15,700, 1,858 people Laidlaw: #15,700 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Laidlaw #15,700, 1,858 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Laidlaw is more common than 90.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,858 people named Laidlaw in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 166,171 Americans. That is up 8.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,717.

    #15,700
    rank among US surnames
    1,858
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.2%
    change since 2000 (was #15,627)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,692Milby1,859166,082
    #15,700Vandenbosch1,858166,171
    #15,709Tibbitts1,857166,260

    Who is named Laidlaw

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

    87% of people named Laidlaw identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Two or more races 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.

    Famous Laidlaws

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Marc Laidlaw
      American writer, born 1960
    • Ethan Laidlaw
      American actor (1899–1963)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    Laidlaw has the Soundex code L340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L340.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Laidlaw?
    1,858 people in the United States had the surname Laidlaw in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 166,171 Americans. It ranked 15,700th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Laidlaw?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Laidlaw identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Laidlaw?
    Marc Laidlaw, American writer, followed by Ethan Laidlaw.
    Where is the surname Laidlaw most common?
    Wikidata records people named Laidlaw in the United States.
    Is the surname Laidlaw getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,717 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,858 in 2010, up 8.2%.
    What are other spellings of Laidlaw?
    Laidler.