How common is the surname Layman?

10,038 people in the United States had the surname Layman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,758 Americans. It ranked 3,556th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Layman?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Layman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Layman?

Jake Layman, American basketball player (born 1994).

Where is the surname Layman most common?

Wikidata records people named Layman in the United States.

Is the surname Layman getting more or less common?

More common. 10,021 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,038 in 2010, up 0.2%.

The surname Layman

A surname, carried by 10,038 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L550

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Layman is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,038 people named Layman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 30,758 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 10,021.

#3,556

rank among US surnames

10,038

people in 2010

3.4

per 100,000 Americans

+0.2%

change since 2000 (was #3,277)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,547	Vines	10,061	30,687
#3,548	Perdomo	10,058	30,697
#3,550	Eggleston	10,057	30,700
#3,551	Shi	10,055	30,706
#3,552	Bills	10,051	30,718
#3,553	Allard	10,047	30,730
#3,554	Kirchner	10,044	30,739

Who is named Layman

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

95% of people named Layman identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Laymans

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jake Layman
American basketball player (born 1994)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Layman

Layman has the Soundex code L550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L550.

Questions

How common is the surname Layman?: 10,038 people in the United States had the surname Layman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,758 Americans. It ranked 3,556th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Layman?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Layman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Layman?: Jake Layman, American basketball player (born 1994).
Where is the surname Layman most common?: Wikidata records people named Layman in the United States.
Is the surname Layman getting more or less common?: More common. 10,021 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,038 in 2010, up 0.2%.