How common is the surname Loyd?

13,547 people in the United States had the surname Loyd in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,791 Americans. It ranked 2,662nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Loyd?

Sam Loyd, American chess player, chess composer, puzzle author, and recreational mathematician (1841, followed by Jewell Loyd.

Where is the surname Loyd most common?

Wikidata records people named Loyd in the United States.

Is the surname Loyd getting more or less common?

More common. 13,422 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,547 in 2010, up 0.9%.

Is Loyd also a first name?

Yes. Loyd 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 Loyd

A surname, carried by 13,547 people in the United States.

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). Loyd is more common than 98.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,547 people named Loyd in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 22,791 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,422.

#2,662

rank among US surnames

13,547

people in 2010

4.6

per 100,000 Americans

+0.9%

change since 2000 (was #2,464)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,653	Pickering	13,582	22,732
#2,654	Adam	13,574	22,745
#2,655	Cheney	13,573	22,747
#2,656	Yancey	13,566	22,759
#2,658	Morrissey	13,564	22,762
#2,659	Weinstein	13,563	22,764
#2,660	Jarrell	13,562	22,765

Who is named Loyd

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

75% of people named Loyd identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 75%
Black (not Hispanic) 18%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Loyds

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sam Loyd
American chess player, chess composer, puzzle author, and recreational mathematician (1841
Jewell Loyd
American basketball player (born 1993)
Zach Loyd
American soccer player, born 1987
Casey Loyd
American soccer player, born 1989

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Loyd

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

Questions

How common is the surname Loyd?: 13,547 people in the United States had the surname Loyd in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,791 Americans. It ranked 2,662nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Loyd?: In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Loyd identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Loyd?: Sam Loyd, American chess player, chess composer, puzzle author, and recreational mathematician (1841, followed by Jewell Loyd.
Where is the surname Loyd most common?: Wikidata records people named Loyd in the United States.
Is the surname Loyd getting more or less common?: More common. 13,422 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,547 in 2010, up 0.9%.
Is Loyd also a first name?: Yes. Loyd 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.