How common is the surname Laughton?

1,031 people in the United States had the surname Laughton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 299,462 Americans. It ranked 24,325th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Laughton?

Charles Laughton, British-American actor (1899–1962).

Where is the surname Laughton most common?

Wikidata records people named Laughton in the United States.

Is the surname Laughton getting more or less common?

More common. 948 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,031 in 2010, up 8.8%.

The surname Laughton

An English place surname, carried by 1,031 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L235

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Laughton is more common than 85% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English lēac (“leek”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Laughton is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

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 1,031 people named Laughton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 299,462 Americans. That is up 8.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 948.

#24,325

rank among US surnames

1,031

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+8.8%

change since 2000 (was #24,680)

Who is named Laughton

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

87% of people named Laughton identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.2%
Two or more races 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Laughtons

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charles Laughton
British-American actor (1899–1962)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Laughton

Laughton has the Soundex code L235, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L235.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Laughton come from?: From Old English lēac (“leek”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
How common is the surname Laughton?: 1,031 people in the United States had the surname Laughton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 299,462 Americans. It ranked 24,325th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Laughton?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Laughton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Laughton?: Charles Laughton, British-American actor (1899–1962).
Where is the surname Laughton most common?: Wikidata records people named Laughton in the United States.
What type of surname is Laughton?: Laughton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Laughton getting more or less common?: More common. 948 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,031 in 2010, up 8.8%.