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    The surname Laidler

    An English occupational surname, carried by 635 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L346

    Laidler: #35,447 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Laidler #35,447, 635 people Laidler: #35,447 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Laidler #35,447, 635 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Laidler is more common than 78.2% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    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”).

    Laidler is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 635 people named Laidler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 486,213 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 529.

    #35,447
    rank among US surnames
    635
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +20%
    change since 2000 (was #39,176)

    Who is named Laidler

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

    56% of people named Laidler identified as white (not Hispanic), 37% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 56%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 37%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    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 Laidler

    Laidler has the Soundex code L346, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L346.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Laidler come from?
    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”).
    How common is the surname Laidler?
    635 people in the United States had the surname Laidler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 486,213 Americans. It ranked 35,447th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Laidler?
    In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Laidler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 37% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Laidler?
    Laidler is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Laidler getting more or less common?
    More common. 529 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 635 in 2010, up 20%.