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The LUDLOW surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 3,729 8183 0.001 14
United States (1880 census) 1,689 3466 0.003 34
Change since 1880 +2040 -4717 -0.002 -20
Other Countries
Australia 575 2824 0.004 35
United Kingdom 2,404 2532 0.005 52
Top States for LUDLOW by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 449 6335 0.001 13
Utah 301 1017 0.013 135
Indiana 275 2877 0.005 45
New York 220 8920 0.001 12
Michigan 209 5966 0.002 21
Top States for LUDLOW by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Utah 301 1017 0.013 135
Indiana 275 2877 0.005 45
Oklahoma 134 3498 0.004 39
Wyoming 17 4363 0.003 34
Nevada 59 4082 0.003 30

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

Classification and Origin of LUDLOW

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the LUDLOW 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 LUDLOW 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 LUDLOW in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Native American/Alaskan 193 5.18
Black/African American 93 2.49
Mixed Race 64 1.72
White (Hispanic) 56 1.5
Asian/Pacific 16 0.43
White (Caucasian) 3,307 88.68

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

Meaning of LUDLOW in historical publications

(origin: Local) From the ancient town of Ludlow, in North Wales. Llud, in Welsh, signifies whatever connects or keeps together, the same as caw. Llud, a prince of the Britons, a commander; Welsh, Llywydd, and lowe.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


LUDLOW. A town in Shropshire.

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 LUDLOW

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as LUDLOW.

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 LUDLOW

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