How common is the surname Loden?

1,735 people in the United States had the surname Loden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 177,951 Americans. It ranked 16,544th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Loden?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Loden identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Loden?

Barbara Loden, American actress and director (1932–1980), followed by Sonny James.

Where is the surname Loden most common?

Wikidata records people named Loden in the United States.

Is the surname Loden getting more or less common?

More common. 1,503 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,735 in 2010, up 15%.

The surname Loden

A surname, carried by 1,735 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L350

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Loden is more common than 89.8% of them.

Origin

Swedish surname, but of unknown meaning.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,735 people named Loden in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 177,951 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,503.

#16,544

rank among US surnames

1,735

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+15.4%

change since 2000 (was #17,334)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,536	Divito	1,736	177,849
#16,544	Mian	1,735	177,951

Who is named Loden

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Loden identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lodens

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Loden

Loden has the Soundex code L350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L350.

Questions

Where does the surname Loden come from?: Swedish surname, but of unknown meaning.
How common is the surname Loden?: 1,735 people in the United States had the surname Loden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 177,951 Americans. It ranked 16,544th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Loden?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Loden identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Loden?: Barbara Loden, American actress and director (1932–1980), followed by Sonny James.
Where is the surname Loden most common?: Wikidata records people named Loden in the United States.
Is the surname Loden getting more or less common?: More common. 1,503 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,735 in 2010, up 15%.