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    The surname Loder

    A German occupational surname, carried by 1,844 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L360

    Loder: #15,792 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Loder #15,792, 1,844 people Loder: #15,792 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Loder #15,792, 1,844 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Loder is more common than 90.3% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    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”).

    Loder is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,844 people named Loder in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 167,433 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,646.

    #15,792
    rank among US surnames
    1,844
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12%
    change since 2000 (was #16,147)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,784Sood1,846167,251
    #15,788Vandoren1,845167,342
    #15,792Waddy1,844167,433
    #15,800Harton1,843167,523

    Who is named Loder

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

    89% of people named Loder identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Loders

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • John Loder
      British-American actor (1898-1988)
    • Kurt Loder
      American journalist, born 1945

    Notable Loders come mostly from the United Kingdom (1) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Loader

    Surnames that sound like Loder

    Loder has the Soundex code L360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L360.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Loder come from?
    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…
    How common is the surname Loder?
    1,844 people in the United States had the surname Loder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 167,433 Americans. It ranked 15,792nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Loder?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Loder identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Loder?
    John Loder, British-American actor (1898-1988), followed by Kurt Loder.
    Where is the surname Loder most common?
    Wikidata records people named Loder in the United Kingdom and the United States.
    What type of surname is Loder?
    Loder is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Loder getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,646 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,844 in 2010, up 12%.
    What are other spellings of Loder?
    Loader.