How common is the surname Liddell?

4,892 people in the United States had the surname Liddell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,112 Americans. It ranked 6,874th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Liddell?

Chuck Liddell, American mixed martial arts fighter, followed by Henry Liddell.

Where is the surname Liddell most common?

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

Is the surname Liddell getting more or less common?

More common. 4,579 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,892 in 2010, up 6.8%.

The surname Liddell

An English surname, carried by 4,892 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L340

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Liddell is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

English origin

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.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,892 people named Liddell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 63,112 Americans. That is up 6.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,579.

#6,874

rank among US surnames

4,892

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+6.8%

change since 2000 (was #6,786)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,870	Weinberger	4,897	63,048
#6,872	Veach	4,896	63,061
#6,873	Harbaugh	4,895	63,074
#6,874	Liddell	4,892	63,112

Who is named Liddell

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

52% of people named Liddell identified as white (not Hispanic), 43% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Liddells

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Chuck Liddell
American mixed martial arts fighter, born 1969
Henry Liddell
British classical scholar and administrator (1811–1898)
E.J. Liddell
American basketball player (born 2000)

Notable Liddells come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Liddell

Liddell has the Soundex code L340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L340.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Liddell come from?: 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.
How common is the surname Liddell?: 4,892 people in the United States had the surname Liddell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,112 Americans. It ranked 6,874th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Liddell?: In the 2010 Census, 52% of people named Liddell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 43% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Liddell?: Chuck Liddell, American mixed martial arts fighter, followed by Henry Liddell.
Where is the surname Liddell most common?: Wikidata records people named Liddell in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Is the surname Liddell getting more or less common?: More common. 4,579 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,892 in 2010, up 6.8%.