# Loftus (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/loftus/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,166 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,347 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 37,809 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.2% (7,916 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Loftus 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Loftus in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Australia and the United Kingdom.

## People named Loftus

- Elizabeth Loftus, American cognitive psychologist
- William Loftus, British archaeologist (1821-1858)
- Cecilia Loftus, British actress (1876–1943)
- Glen Loftus, Australian rower
- Adam Loftus, British archbishop (1533-1605)
- Lord Augustus Loftus, British diplomat (1817-1904)

## Similar surnames

Loftis, Lofthouse, Leftwich, Leibowitz, Lebowitz, Liptak.

## 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.