How common is the surname Lauder?

1,280 people in the United States had the surname Lauder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 241,207 Americans. It ranked 20,676th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Lauder?

Estée Lauder, American businesswoman (1906–2004), followed by Ronald Lauder.

Where is the surname Lauder most common?

Wikidata records people named Lauder in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

How do you pronounce Lauder?

Lauder is /ˈlɔːdəɹ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Lauder getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,390 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,280 in 2010, down 7.9%.

The surname Lauder

A surname, carried by 1,280 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈlɔːdəɹ/ 2 syllables Soundex L360

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lauder is more common than 87.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,280 people named Lauder in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 241,207 Americans. That is down 7.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,390.

#20,676

rank among US surnames

1,280

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-7.9%

change since 2000 (was #18,373)

Who is named Lauder

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

87% of people named Lauder identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lauders

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Estée Lauder
American businesswoman (1906–2004)
Ronald Lauder
American businessman, art collector, philanthropist, political activist, born 1944
Leonard Lauder
American billionaire, philanthropist, art collector, 1933–2025
Robert Scott Lauder
British artist (1803-1869)

Notable Lauders come mostly from the United States (3) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Lawther

Surnames that sound like Lauder

Lauder has the Soundex code L360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L360.

Questions

How common is the surname Lauder?: 1,280 people in the United States had the surname Lauder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 241,207 Americans. It ranked 20,676th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lauder?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Lauder identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Lauder?: Estée Lauder, American businesswoman (1906–2004), followed by Ronald Lauder.
Where is the surname Lauder most common?: Wikidata records people named Lauder in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
How do you pronounce Lauder?: Lauder is /ˈlɔːdəɹ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Lauder getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,390 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,280 in 2010, down 7.9%.
What are other spellings of Lauder?: Lawther.