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    The surname Laymon

    A surname, carried by 2,205 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L550

    Laymon: #13,727 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Laymon #13,727, 2,205 people Laymon: #13,727 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Laymon #13,727, 2,205 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Laymon is more common than 91.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,205 people named Laymon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 140,021 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,164.

    #13,727
    rank among US surnames
    2,205
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.9%
    change since 2000 (was #12,986)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,721Fleischmann2,206139,957
    #13,727Gleaton2,205140,021
    #13,736Wasilewski2,204140,084

    Who is named Laymon

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

    89% of people named Laymon identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Laymons

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Richard Laymon
      American writer (1947-2001)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Laymon

    Laymon 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 Laymon?
    2,205 people in the United States had the surname Laymon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 140,021 Americans. It ranked 13,727th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Laymon?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Laymon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Laymon?
    Richard Laymon, American writer (1947-2001).
    Where is the surname Laymon most common?
    Wikidata records people named Laymon in the United States.
    Is the surname Laymon getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,164 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,205 in 2010, up 1.9%.