The surname Lodhi
A Hindi surname, carried by 539 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex L300
Origin
Hindi origin
Borrowed from Hindi लोधी (lodhī); this surname is predominantly found in Madhya Pradesh.
One of 48 Hindi surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 539 people named Lodhi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 572,812 Americans. That is up 67% since 2000, when the Census counted 322.
Who is named Lodhi
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
89% of people named Lodhi identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 5.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 89%
- White (not Hispanic) 5.8%
- Two or more races 3.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Lodhi has the Soundex code L300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L300.
Other Hindi surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Lodhi come from?
- Borrowed from Hindi लोधी (lodhī); this surname is predominantly found in Madhya Pradesh.
- How common is the surname Lodhi?
- 539 people in the United States had the surname Lodhi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 572,812 Americans. It ranked 40,554th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Lodhi?
- In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Lodhi identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 5.8% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Lodhi getting more or less common?
- More common. 322 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 539 in 2010, up 67%.