How rare is the last name Archibald?

8,535 people in the United States have the last name Archibald, about 1 in 35,020. It ranks #4,040 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

last name

ARCHIBALD

#4,040

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,535
About
1 in 35,020
This common or more
56%
Who bears it

Of the 8,535 people with the last name Archibald, 71.6% reported their origin as White, 20.1% as Black and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Archibald

1 other last name also has 8,535 people.

#4,040 Wen · 8,535

Either side of Archibald

#4,038 Hylton · 8,536#4,038 Whyte · 8,536#4,040 Wen · 8,535#4,042 Mullis · 8,534

Spelled almost the same

5 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Archibald, most common first.

#22,378 Archbold · 1,179#88,580 Archibold · 225#127,742 Arcibal · 140#142,788 Archbald · 119#153,590 Archible · 104

Also a first name

As a first name, Archibald ranks #9,601 of 53,615, with 1,437 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2025, with 184 births. See Archibald as a first name

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