Last Name LLOYD

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Meaning	The son of Lloyd, a Welsh personal name. Gray or brown.

Origin	Welsh, Jewish, Irish, Falkland

Rank	493 (2000 US census)	470 (1990 US census)

Count	61,154 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

74.91%, or 45810 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
21.15%, or 12934 total occurrences, as black,
0.47%, or 287 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.41%, or 251 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.56%, or 954 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.49%, or 911 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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