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    The surname Ledbetter

    A surname, carried by 19,417 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex L313

    Ledbetter: #1,847 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Ledbetter #1,847, 19,417 people Ledbetter: #1,847 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ledbetter #1,847, 19,417 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ledbetter is more common than 98.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname. Variant of Leadbeater.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 19,417 people named Ledbetter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 15,901 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 19,222.

    #1,847
    rank among US surnames
    19,417
    people in 2010
    6.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1%
    change since 2000 (was #1,712)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #1,838Goodrich19,48715,844
    #1,839Prater19,48415,846
    #1,840Burger19,48015,849
    #1,841Toledo19,47415,854
    #1,842Lovett19,47115,857
    #1,843Gipson19,47015,858
    #1,844Arce19,46415,862

    Who is named Ledbetter

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

    84% of people named Ledbetter identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 84%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 11%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Ledbetters

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Lilly Ledbetter
      American businesswoman (1938–2024)
    • Lead Belly
      American folk and blues musician (1888–1949)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Ledbetter

    Ledbetter has the Soundex code L313, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L313.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Ledbetter?
    19,417 people in the United States had the surname Ledbetter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,901 Americans. It ranked 1,847th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ledbetter?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Ledbetter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Ledbetter?
    Lilly Ledbetter, American businesswoman (1938–2024), followed by Lead Belly.
    Where is the surname Ledbetter most common?
    Wikidata records people named Ledbetter in the United States.
    Is the surname Ledbetter getting more or less common?
    More common. 19,222 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,417 in 2010, up 1.0%.
    What are other spellings of Ledbetter?
    Leadbeater, Leadbeter, Leadbetter, Ledbeater and Ledbeter.