# Liddell (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/liddell/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,892 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,874 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 63,112 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.8% (4,579 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Liddel, from Middle English Lidelesdale &c., from Old English hlÿde (“loud, River Lid”) + dæl (“dale, valley”), now Liddesdale, the valley of the Liddel Water.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Liddell in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 52% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 43% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Liddell in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Liddell

- Chuck Liddell, American mixed martial arts fighter
- Henry Liddell, British classical scholar and administrator (1811–1898)
- E.J. Liddell, American basketball player (born 2000)

## Similar surnames

Liddle, Littell, Ledwell, Little, Lytle, Ludlow, Lyttle, Laidlaw.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.