Laidlaw is used as a family name or surname in Scotland. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Laidlaw
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Scotland
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Laidlaw

How popular is Laidlaw?

Laidlaw is common in Scotland.

Laidlaw is ranked 40174 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Laidlaw bearers increased by 8.211998 per cent in 2010 US census to 1858 since 2000, the surname slipped by 73 spots and ranked at 15700. The last name was found in around 6 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 86.6 89.57
Black 7.27 6.06
Hispanic or Latino 3.12 2.27
Others 1.72 1.22
Laidlaw is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Scotland is ahead in terms of density. Around 12171 people have been found who wears Laidlaw as their family name. Laidlaw is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
10,542 China4
119,730 Brazil3
108,034 Italy3
18,718 Thailand2
40,064 Nigeria2
723,167 Indonesia2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
118,441 Germany2
14,521 Portugal2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
9,185 Hong Kong2
5,859 Mauritius2
12,745 Luxembourg1
16,228 Bulgaria1
692 Guinea1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
408 Åland1
2,057 Isle of Man1
56,169 Mexico1
801 Cape Verde1
19,810 Croatia1
10,683 Cyprus1
118,015 Netherlands1
53,505 Turkey1
17,236 Ghana1
36,678 Singapore1
13,447 Uganda1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
6,873 Ireland44
62,267 Spain27
42,407 Sweden22
23,914 Denmark20
464 Cayman Islands15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
50,444 Argentina90
3,494 Panama82
Countries with hundreds of Laidlaw:
6,580 South Africa986
718 Jamaica482
3,128 New Zealand244
3,358 Wales113
Countries with thousands of Laidlaw:
13,176 United States2,626
3,362 England2,285
2,591 Canada1,895
1,891 Australia1,671
577 Scotland1,477
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

John Laidlaw worked as workman and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 31 years old embarked for USA from Glasgow on Superb and arrived on July 19, 1849. Isabella Laidlaw, aged 33, Elizabeth Laidlaw, aged 3, 2 years old Jenie Laidlaw, are other Laidlaw that migrated to US.

Laidlaw Namesakes

  • Ethan Laidlaw, Film actor
  • Hilliard Laidlaw, Olympic athlete
  • Doris Hyacinthe Laidlaw, Bill Bambridge's ex-wife
  • Diana Laidlaw, Politician
  • Lorna Laidlaw, Actress
  • Marc Laidlaw, Writer
  • Lorna Laidlaw, Actress
  • Matthew Laidlaw, Australian Rules Footballer
  • Chris Laidlaw, New Zealand Politician
  • Dr Laidlaw Purves, Golf Course Architect

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