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    The surname Loftin

    A Swedish surname, carried by 6,739 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L135

    Loftin: #5,191 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Loftin #5,191, 6,739 people Loftin: #5,191 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Loftin #5,191, 6,739 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Loftin is more common than 96.8% of them.

    Origin

    Swedish origin

    Of Swedish origin; compare Loften.

    One of 133 Swedish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,739 people named Loftin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 45,815 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,502.

    #5,191
    rank among US surnames
    6,739
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.6%
    change since 2000 (was #4,963)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,184McMaster6,74445,781
    #5,185Roeder6,74245,794
    #5,187Aziz6,74045,808
    #5,191Loftin6,73945,815
    #5,192Albritton6,73745,828
    #5,194Wisdom6,73445,849

    Who is named Loftin

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

    77% of people named Loftin identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 77%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 17%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Loftins

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Carey Loftin
      American actor (1914-1997)
    • Scott Loftin
      American politician (1878-1953)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Loftin

    Loftin has the Soundex code L135, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L135.

    Other Swedish surnames

    All 133 Swedish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Loftin come from?
    Of Swedish origin; compare Loften.
    How common is the surname Loftin?
    6,739 people in the United States had the surname Loftin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,815 Americans. It ranked 5,191st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Loftin?
    In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Loftin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Loftin?
    Carey Loftin, American actor (1914-1997), followed by Scott Loftin.
    Where is the surname Loftin most common?
    Wikidata records people named Loftin in the United States.
    Is the surname Loftin getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,502 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,739 in 2010, up 3.6%.