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    The surname Lofthouse

    A Norse place surname, carried by 595 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L132

    Lofthouse: #37,442 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Lofthouse #37,442, 595 people Lofthouse: #37,442 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Lofthouse #37,442, 595 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lofthouse is more common than 76.9% of them.

    Origin

    Norse origin

    From Old Norse lopt (“loft, attic”) + hús (“house”); equivalent to loft + house.

    Lofthouse is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 126 Norse surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 595 people named Lofthouse in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 518,900 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 574.

    #37,442
    rank among US surnames
    595
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.7%
    change since 2000 (was #36,716)

    Who is named Lofthouse

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

    95% of people named Lofthouse identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lofthouse

    Lofthouse has the Soundex code L132, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L132.

    Other Norse surnames

    All 126 Norse surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lofthouse come from?
    From Old Norse lopt (“loft, attic”) + hús (“house”); equivalent to loft + house.
    How common is the surname Lofthouse?
    595 people in the United States had the surname Lofthouse in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 518,900 Americans. It ranked 37,442nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lofthouse?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lofthouse identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Lofthouse?
    Lofthouse is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Lofthouse getting more or less common?
    More common. 574 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 595 in 2010, up 3.7%.