How common is the surname Lloyd?

64,202 people in the United States had the surname Lloyd in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,809 Americans. It ranked 522nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Lloyd?

Harold Lloyd, American actor and comedian (1893–1971), followed by Christopher Lloyd.

Where is the surname Lloyd most common?

Wikidata records people named Lloyd in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and 3 other countries.

How do you pronounce Lloyd?

Lloyd is /lɔɪd/, one syllable.

Is the surname Lloyd getting more or less common?

More common. 61,154 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 64,202 in 2010, up 5.0%.

Is Lloyd also a first name?

Yes. Lloyd is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Lloyd

A Welsh nickname surname, carried by 64,202 people in the United States.

Pronounced /lɔɪd/ 1 syllable Soundex L300 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lloyd is more common than 99.7% of them.

Origin

Welsh origin

From Welsh llwyd (“grey, grey-haired”).

Lloyd is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

One of 60 Welsh surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 64,202 people named Lloyd in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 4,809 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 61,154.

#522

rank among US surnames

64,202

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+5%

change since 2000 (was #493)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#513	Salas	65,468	4,716
#514	Cobb	65,125	4,741
#515	Gibbs	65,064	4,745
#516	Andrade	65,037	4,747
#517	Bauer	65,004	4,750
#518	Conner	64,572	4,781
#519	Moody	64,429	4,792

Who is named Lloyd

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

73% of people named Lloyd identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 73%
Black (not Hispanic) 22%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lloyds

43 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Harold Lloyd
American actor and comedian (1893–1971)
Christopher Lloyd
American actor (born 1938)
Carli Lloyd
American soccer player (born 1982)
Jake Lloyd
American actor, born 1989
Harry Lloyd
British actor (born 1983)
Norman Lloyd
American actor, producer and director (1914–2021)
Danny Lloyd
American former actor (born 1972)
Sam Lloyd
American actor (1963–2020)
Charles Lloyd
American jazz musician, born 1938
Carli Lloyd
American volleyball player, born 1989
David Lloyd
British comics artist, born 1950
Sabrina Lloyd
American actress, born 1970

Notable Lloyds come mostly from the United States (28), the United Kingdom (10) and Australia (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Lloyd

Loyd

Lloyd has the Soundex code L300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L300.

Other Welsh surnames

All 60 Welsh surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Lloyd come from?: From Welsh llwyd (“grey, grey-haired”).
How common is the surname Lloyd?: 64,202 people in the United States had the surname Lloyd in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,809 Americans. It ranked 522nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lloyd?: In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Lloyd identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Lloyd?: Harold Lloyd, American actor and comedian (1893–1971), followed by Christopher Lloyd.
Where is the surname Lloyd most common?: Wikidata records people named Lloyd in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and 3 other countries.
How do you pronounce Lloyd?: Lloyd is /lɔɪd/, one syllable.
What type of surname is Lloyd?: Lloyd is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Lloyd getting more or less common?: More common. 61,154 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 64,202 in 2010, up 5.0%.
Is Lloyd also a first name?: Yes. Lloyd is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.