# Loft (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/loft/  
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 | Danish |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 616 |
| US rank (2010) | 36,337 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 501,210 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.3% (602 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Two main origins: * From Middle English lofte (“loft, attic”), possibly a surname given to a household servant who worked in an upper chamber; see the noun loft. * Borrowed from Danish Loft, a habitational surname.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Loft 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) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Loft in the United States.

## People named Loft

- Arthur Loft, actor (1897-1947)

## Similar surnames

Luft, Lovett, Leavitt, Lovato, Levitt, Lobato, Lafayette, Loveday, Lovette, Labadie, Labat, Lovitt.

## 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.