How common is the surname Loeffler?

5,801 people in the United States had the surname Loeffler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 53,223 Americans. It ranked 5,935th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Loeffler?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Loeffler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Loeffler?

Kelly Loeffler, American businesswoman and politician (born 1970), followed by Charles Martin Loeffler.

Where is the surname Loeffler most common?

Wikidata records people named Loeffler in the United States.

How do you pronounce Loeffler?

Loeffler is /ˈlɛflə(ɹ)/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Loeffler getting more or less common?

More common. 5,590 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,801 in 2010, up 3.8%.

The surname Loeffler

A German surname, carried by 5,801 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈlɛflə(ɹ)/ 2 syllables Soundex L146

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Loeffler is more common than 96.3% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Löffler.

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 5,801 people named Loeffler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 53,223 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,590.

#5,935

rank among US surnames

5,801

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+3.8%

change since 2000 (was #5,689)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,930	Dickman	5,809	53,150
#5,931	Antunez	5,808	53,159
#5,934	Elston	5,803	53,204
#5,935	Loeffler	5,801	53,223
#5,936	Prendergast	5,800	53,232

Who is named Loeffler

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

95% of people named Loeffler identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Loefflers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kelly Loeffler
American businesswoman and politician (born 1970)
Charles Martin Loeffler
American violinist and composer (1861-1935)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Loffler
Leffler

Surnames that sound like Loeffler

Loeffler has the Soundex code L146, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L146.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Loeffler come from?: Borrowed from German Löffler.
How common is the surname Loeffler?: 5,801 people in the United States had the surname Loeffler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 53,223 Americans. It ranked 5,935th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Loeffler?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Loeffler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Loeffler?: Kelly Loeffler, American businesswoman and politician (born 1970), followed by Charles Martin Loeffler.
Where is the surname Loeffler most common?: Wikidata records people named Loeffler in the United States.
How do you pronounce Loeffler?: Loeffler is /ˈlɛflə(ɹ)/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Loeffler getting more or less common?: More common. 5,590 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,801 in 2010, up 3.8%.
What are other spellings of Loeffler?: Loffler and Leffler.