# Laidler (surname)

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

A surname from Middle English [in turn originating as an occupation].

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 635 |
| US rank (2010) | 35,447 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 486,213 people |
| Change since 2000 | +20% (529 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Various origins: * A variant of the Scottish surname Laidlaw. * Occupational surname for a maker of ladles, from an agent derivative of Middle English ladel (“ladle”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Laidler 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) | 56% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 37% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Similar surnames

Littler, Litwiller.

## 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.