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The LAUDERDALE surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 4,015 7631 0.001 15
United States (1880 census) 656 7773 0.001 13
Change since 1880 +3359 +142 0 +2
Other Countries
Australia 0 0
United Kingdom 134 20767 0 3
Top States for LAUDERDALE by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Texas 515 4361 0.002 25
California 440 6600 0.001 13
Alabama 436 1696 0.010 98
Tennessee 249 3220 0.004 44
Mississippi 230 1822 0.008 81
Top States for LAUDERDALE by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Alabama 436 1696 0.010 98
Mississippi 230 1822 0.008 81
Oklahoma 175 2836 0.005 51
Tennessee 249 3220 0.004 44
Arkansas 85 3895 0.003 32

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called LAUDERDALE live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called LAUDERDALE represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called LAUDERDALE in Texas than any other state, but you are more likely to find a LAUDERDALE by picking someone at random in Alabama than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of LAUDERDALE

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Scotland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the LAUDERDALE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the LAUDERDALE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of LAUDERDALE in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Mixed Race 87 2.17
White (Hispanic) 84 2.09
Native American/Alaskan 24 0.6
Asian/Pacific 21 0.52
White (Caucasian) 2,733 68.07
Black/African American 1,066 26.55

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the LAUDERDALE surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of LAUDERDALE in historical publications

LAUDERDALE. The great district of Berwickshire, which gives title to the noble house of Maitland, in old times gave a surname to this family.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to LAUDERDALE

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as LAUDERDALE.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for LAUDERDALE

The following words are slight variants of LAUDERDALE that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.