How common is the last name Laird?

17,617 people in the United States have the last name Laird, about 1 in 16,966. It ranks #2,004 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

LAIRD

#2,004

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
17,617
About
1 in 16,966
This common or more
47.8%
Who bears it

Of the 17,617 people with the last name Laird, 85.5% reported their origin as White, 5.8% as Black and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Laird

#2,002 Fair · 17,628#2,003 Locklear · 17,618#2,005 Bledsoe · 17,610#2,006 Christie · 17,609

Spelled almost the same

One last name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Laird, most common first.

#21,932 Lard · 1,209

Also a first name

As a first name, Laird ranks #10,280 of 53,615, with 1,305 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2006, with 48 births. See Laird as a first name

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