How common is the surname Laughlin?

16,323 people in the United States had the surname Laughlin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,915 Americans. It ranked 2,232nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Laughlin?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Laughlin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Laughlin?

Robert B. Laughlin, American physicist, followed by Tom Laughlin.

Where is the surname Laughlin most common?

Wikidata records people named Laughlin in the United States.

Is the surname Laughlin getting more or less common?

More common. 16,097 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,323 in 2010, up 1.4%.

The surname Laughlin

A surname, carried by 16,323 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L245

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Laughlin is more common than 98.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 16,323 people named Laughlin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,915 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,097.

#2,232

rank among US surnames

16,323

people in 2010

5.5

per 100,000 Americans

+1.4%

change since 2000 (was #2,062)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,223	Adler	16,412	18,812
#2,224	Barney	16,404	18,821
#2,225	Ontiveros	16,382	18,847
#2,226	Ring	16,381	18,848
#2,227	Rider	16,352	18,881
#2,228	Joiner	16,349	18,885
#2,229	Goldsmith	16,346	18,888

Who is named Laughlin

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

93% of people named Laughlin identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Laughlins

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert B. Laughlin
American physicist, born 1950
Tom Laughlin
American actor and political activist (1931-2013)
Michael Laughlin
American film director, producer and screenwriter (1938–2021)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Laughlin

Loughlin

Laughlin has the Soundex code L245, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L245.

Questions

How common is the surname Laughlin?: 16,323 people in the United States had the surname Laughlin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,915 Americans. It ranked 2,232nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Laughlin?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Laughlin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Laughlin?: Robert B. Laughlin, American physicist, followed by Tom Laughlin.
Where is the surname Laughlin most common?: Wikidata records people named Laughlin in the United States.
Is the surname Laughlin getting more or less common?: More common. 16,097 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,323 in 2010, up 1.4%.