Explore the Family Name Laycock

The meaning of Laycock

English (mainly Yorkshire): habitational name from Laycock in West Yorkshire or possibly from Lacock in Wiltshire. Both are recorded in Domesday Book as Lacoc and seem to be named with a diminutive of Old English lacu ‘stream’.

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How common is the last name Laycock in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Laycock has been losing popularity in the United States. In 2000, it ranked as the 15,984th most common surname but dropped to the 17,283rd place by 2010, marking a decline of 8.13 percent. The number of individuals carrying this surname also slightly decreased from 1,668 to 1,638 during the same period, reflecting a 1.8 percent decrease. This resulted in the proportion of people with the surname Laycock per 100,000 population falling by 9.68 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#15,984	#17,283	-8.13%
Count	1,668	1,638	-1.8%
Proportion per 100k	0.62	0.56	-9.68%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Laycock

Diving into the ethnicity associated with the surname Laycock, again based on the Decennial U.S. Census, there were noticeable changes between 2000 and 2010. While the majority of Laycocks identified as White (93.77 percent in 2010, down from 95.62 percent in 2000), there was a significant increase in those identifying as Hispanic (up 36.59 percent), Asian/Pacific Islander (up 35.19 percent), and those reporting two or more races (up 66.67 percent). Notably, in 2010, small proportions of individuals with the surname Laycock began to identify as Black, American Indian, and Alaskan Native, categories which had previously registered zero in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.62%	93.77%	-1.93%
Hispanic	2.46%	3.36%	36.59%
Two or More Races	0.66%	1.1%	66.67%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.54%	0.73%	35.19%
Black	0%	0.55%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.49%	0%