# Loden (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/loden/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,735 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,544 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 177,951 people |
| Change since 2000 | +15% (1,503 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Swedish surname, but of unknown meaning.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Loden in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Loden in the United States.

## People named Loden

- Barbara Loden, American actress and director (1932–1980)
- Sonny James, American country music singer-songwriter (1928–2016)

## Similar surnames

Louden, Lowden, Layden, Loudon, Lyden, Ludden, Ledonne, Latham, Layton, Lawton, Litton, Lydon.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.