How common is the surname Layden?

1,772 people in the United States had the surname Layden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 174,236 Americans. It ranked 16,273rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Layden?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Layden identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Layden?

Frank Layden, American basketball player, coach, executive, followed by Shawn Layden.

Where is the surname Layden most common?

Wikidata records people named Layden in the United States.

Is the surname Layden getting more or less common?

More common. 1,758 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,772 in 2010, up 0.8%.

The surname Layden

A surname, carried by 1,772 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L350

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Layden is more common than 90% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,772 people named Layden in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 174,236 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,758.

#16,273

rank among US surnames

1,772

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+0.8%

change since 2000 (was #15,348)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,265	Rake	1,773	174,137
#16,273	Layden	1,772	174,236

Who is named Layden

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

91% of people named Layden identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.1%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Laydens

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Frank Layden
American basketball player, coach, executive, 1932–2025
Shawn Layden
American businessman, born 1961

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Layden

Layden has the Soundex code L350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L350.

Questions

How common is the surname Layden?: 1,772 people in the United States had the surname Layden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 174,236 Americans. It ranked 16,273rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Layden?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Layden identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Layden?: Frank Layden, American basketball player, coach, executive, followed by Shawn Layden.
Where is the surname Layden most common?: Wikidata records people named Layden in the United States.
Is the surname Layden getting more or less common?: More common. 1,758 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,772 in 2010, up 0.8%.