# Loder (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/loder/  
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 | German |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,844 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,792 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 167,433 people |
| Change since 2000 | +12% (1,646 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Loader |

## Etymology

Two main origins: * Either an occupational surname for a carter, from an agent derivative of Middle English lode (“to load”), or a topographic surname from Middle English lode (“path, road, watercourse”). * Borrowed from German Loder, an occupational surname for a weaver of woolen cloth, from Loden (“coarse woolen fabric”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Loder 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) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 6.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Loder in the United Kingdom and the United States.

## People named Loder

- John Loder, British-American actor (1898-1988)
- Kurt Loder, American journalist

## Similar surnames

Lowder, Lauder, Leder, Louder, Lowther, Luther, Latorre, Leader, Latour, Leiter, Lewter, Lettieri.

## 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.