# Lofton (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/lofton/  
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 | Norse |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 13,900 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,590 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 22,212 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.2% (13,212 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈlɒftən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Lofting |

## Etymology

Unexplained. Perhaps a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place, from Old Norse lopt (“upper chamber, attic”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lofton 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) | 37% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 56% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lofton in the United States.

## People named Lofton

- Cirroc Lofton, American actor
- Chris Lofton, American basketball player (born 1986)
- Zach Lofton, American basketball player (born 1992)
- Kenny Lofton, American baseball player
- Euphemia Haynes, American mathematician (1890–1980)
- Sapphire, American author and poet

## Similar surnames

Loftin, Lupton, Lipton, Levitan.

## 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.