How common is the surname Laird?

18,696 people in the United States had the surname Laird in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,514 Americans. It ranked 1,929th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Laird getting more or less common?

More common. 18,031 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,696 in 2010, up 3.7%.

Is Laird also a first name?

Yes. Laird is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Laird

A surname, carried by 18,696 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Laird is more common than 98.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 18,696 people named Laird in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,514 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 18,031.

#1,929

rank among US surnames

18,696

people in 2010

6.3

per 100,000 Americans

+3.7%

change since 2000 (was #1,828)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,920	Cheung	18,765	16,453
#1,921	Darby	18,757	16,460
#1,922	Thorne	18,738	16,477
#1,923	Mansfield	18,725	16,488
#1,924	Kyle	18,721	16,492
#1,925	Dietz	18,720	16,493
#1,926	Smallwood	18,717	16,495

Who is named Laird

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

89% of people named Laird identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Laird

Laird has the Soundex code L630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L630.

Questions

How common is the surname Laird?: 18,696 people in the United States had the surname Laird in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,514 Americans. It ranked 1,929th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Laird?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Laird identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Laird getting more or less common?: More common. 18,031 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,696 in 2010, up 3.7%.
Is Laird also a first name?: Yes. Laird is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.