Skip to content
Name Lineage

    The surname Loftis

    A surname, carried by 6,777 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L132

    Loftis: #5,162 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Loftis #5,162, 6,777 people Loftis: #5,162 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Loftis #5,162, 6,777 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Loftis is more common than 96.8% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,777 people named Loftis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 45,558 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,518.

    #5,162
    rank among US surnames
    6,777
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4%
    change since 2000 (was #4,951)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,156Hetrick6,78445,511
    #5,158Furlong6,78345,518
    #5,160Sarver6,78045,538
    #5,162Loftis6,77745,558

    Who is named Loftis

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

    88% of people named Loftis identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.8%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Loftis

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Loftis?
    6,777 people in the United States had the surname Loftis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,558 Americans. It ranked 5,162nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Loftis?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Loftis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Loftis getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,518 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,777 in 2010, up 4.0%.