How common is the surname Lail?

4,304 people in the United States had the surname Lail in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,735 Americans. It ranked 7,714th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lail?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Lail identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Lail?

Elizabeth Lail, American actress (born 1992), followed by Chad Lail.

Where is the surname Lail most common?

Wikidata records people named Lail in the United States.

Is the surname Lail getting more or less common?

More common. 4,111 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,304 in 2010, up 4.7%.

The surname Lail

A surname, carried by 4,304 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lail is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,304 people named Lail in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 71,735 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,111.

#7,714

rank among US surnames

4,304

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+4.7%

change since 2000 (was #7,470)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,708	Buller	4,307	71,685
#7,710	Lasley	4,306	71,701
#7,713	Bussell	4,305	71,718
#7,714	Lail	4,304	71,735
#7,717	Stockdale	4,301	71,785
#7,720	Theobald	4,300	71,801

Who is named Lail

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

92% of people named Lail identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lails

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Elizabeth Lail
American actress (born 1992)
Chad Lail
American police officer and former professional wrestler, born 1982

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lail

Lail has the Soundex code L400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L400.

Questions

How common is the surname Lail?: 4,304 people in the United States had the surname Lail in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,735 Americans. It ranked 7,714th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lail?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Lail identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Lail?: Elizabeth Lail, American actress (born 1992), followed by Chad Lail.
Where is the surname Lail most common?: Wikidata records people named Lail in the United States.
Is the surname Lail getting more or less common?: More common. 4,111 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,304 in 2010, up 4.7%.