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    The surname Ludlam

    An English place surname, carried by 940 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L345

    Ludlam: #26,067 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Ludlam #26,067, 940 people Ludlam: #26,067 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Ludlam #26,067, 940 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ludlam is more common than 83.9% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Habitational surname from a lost settlement in Derbyshire, from Old English hlūd (“loud, noisy”) + hamm (“water meadow”).

    Ludlam is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    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 940 people named Ludlam in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 328,453 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 895.

    #26,067
    rank among US surnames
    940
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5%
    change since 2000 (was #25,825)

    Who is named Ludlam

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

    94% of people named Ludlam identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as two or more races and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ludlam come from?
    Habitational surname from a lost settlement in Derbyshire, from Old English hlūd (“loud, noisy”) + hamm (“water meadow”).
    How common is the surname Ludlam?
    940 people in the United States had the surname Ludlam in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 328,453 Americans. It ranked 26,067th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ludlam?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Ludlam identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as two or more races.
    What type of surname is Ludlam?
    Ludlam is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Ludlam getting more or less common?
    More common. 895 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 940 in 2010, up 5.0%.