Laird Surname
Approximately 42,737 people bear this surname
Laird Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an occupation. or offic. 'the lord'; v. Lord. A Scotch form; compare Layard.
1781. Married — John Laird and Elizabeth Monk: St. George, Hanover Square.
1782. — John Laierd and Catherine Jones: ibid.
Read More About This SurnameLaird Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 26,784 | 1:13,533 | 1,684 |
| Scotland | 3,852 | 1:1,390 | 242 |
| England | 3,537 | 1:15,753 | 2,302 |
| Canada | 2,945 | 1:12,511 | 1,848 |
| Australia | 2,837 | 1:9,516 | 1,418 |
| New Zealand | 887 | 1:5,105 | 824 |
| Northern Ireland | 543 | 1:3,398 | 667 |
| Jamaica | 371 | 1:7,736 | 906 |
| Ireland | 247 | 1:19,065 | 2,004 |
| France | 140 | 1:474,448 | 67,240 |
| South Africa | 127 | 1:426,596 | 36,772 |
| Wales | 79 | 1:39,171 | 3,833 |
| Dominican Republic | 46 | 1:226,803 | 8,136 |
| Singapore | 34 | 1:161,991 | 6,884 |
| Thailand | 33 | 1:2,140,556 | 247,258 |
| Philippines | 32 | 1:3,163,694 | 143,904 |
| Germany | 24 | 1:3,354,394 | 150,996 |
| Spain | 17 | 1:2,750,120 | 61,567 |
| Sweden | 13 | 1:757,443 | 56,422 |
| Chile | 12 | 1:1,468,040 | 24,959 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 11 | 1:123,998 | 7,543 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Russia | 10 | 1:14,412,306 | 394,810 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 1:1,876,353 | 85,467 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Mexico | 8 | 1:15,515,776 | 47,773 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Israel | 7 | 1:1,222,519 | 68,299 |
| Panama | 6 | 1:652,043 | 10,051 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Costa Rica | 5 | 1:956,014 | 6,058 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Mongolia | 4 | 1:706,322 | 11,365 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:33,067 | 4,675 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Honduras | 2 | 1:4,408,221 | 7,709 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 1:34,329 | 862 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 624 | 1:7,099 | 1,103 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 2,842 | 1:1,317 | 236 |
| England | 507 | 1:48,078 | 5,926 |
| Wales | 19 | 1:82,548 | 3,796 |
| Isle of Man | 3 | 1:18,090 | 1,402 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:32,656 | 2,283 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,130 | 1:12,159 | 1,575 |
Laird (3,441) may also be a first name.
Laird Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an occupation. or offic. 'the lord'; v. Lord. A Scotch form; compare Layard.
1781. Married — John Laird and Elizabeth Monk: St. George, Hanover Square.
1782. — John Laierd and Catherine Jones: ibid.
Perhaps = laird, a landlord, owner of land or houses, ME. laverd. Roger Lawird or Lauird of Berwick made an agreement with the Abbey of Kelso relating to his land of Waldefgat, Berwick, 1257 (Kelso, 35). Thomas le louerd of Peeblesshire rendered homage, 1296 (Bain, II, p. 207). Thomas Lairde, witness in Glasgow, 1552 (Protocols, I). David Laird, reidare at Fovern, 1574 (RMR.).
(Scot.-Eng.) Landed Proprietor; Landlord [a Scot. form of English lord, Old English hláford] ‘Dear brother, God you reward; Now have you made me lord and laird’.—Hist. of a Lord and his Three Sons, 447-8.
(Scottish) An owner of land or houses, a landlord.
The Scottish form of Lord.
The lord of the manor.
The same as Lord, from L, the, and ord or aird, Gaelic, supreme, high, eminence, highness; Lerad, Laird, from radh, Gaelic, saying, declaring, expressing, affirming an adage or proverb; giving or uttering law, from the verb abair. (See Lord.)
Laird Demographics
Average Laird Salary in
United States
$43,154 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Laird Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Laird Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Laird (Arabic: ليرد) is most common in The United States. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Laird? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 13,117th most widely held last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 170,521 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 64 percent of Laird live; 63 percent live in North America and 63 percent live in Anglo-North America. Laird is also the 121,244th most numerous first name internationally It is held by 3,441 people.
The surname Laird is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 26,784 people, or 1 in 13,533. In The United States it is most frequent in: Texas, where 12 percent are found, California, where 9 percent are found and Nevada, where 6 percent are found. Not including The United States Laird is found in 71 countries. It is also common in Scotland, where 9 percent are found and England, where 8 percent are found.
Laird Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Laird has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Laird last name expanded 649 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 136 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it expanded 698 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 60 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 416 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Laird Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Presbyterian (60%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Laird last name are 19.05% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 65.82% being registered with the political party.
The amount Laird earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 42.34% less than the national average, earning 199,551 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 46.45% more than the national average, earning R 348,012 per year; in United States they earn 0.01% more than the national average, earning $43,154 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.88% more than the national average, earning $52,604 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Laird Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Laird in the Arabic language | ||
| ليرد | lyrd | - |
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Laird Reference & Research
Laird DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Lord DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Laird FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
Lord FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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