Laird

17,617 people in the United States were counted with the surname Laird in the 2020 census, making it the 2,004th most common in the country. That is about one person in 17,000.

By the numbers

People: 17,617
Rank: 2,004th
How common: 1 in 17,000
Per 100,000: 5.9

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Laird described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 85.5%
Black, not Hispanic 5.8%
Hispanic or Latino 3.8%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.8%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.7%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.4%

Surnames like Laird

Also a first name

Laird has been given to 1,902 American babies as a first name since 1888, peaking in 2006. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.