How common is the surname Loken?

2,103 people in the United States had the surname Loken in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 146,812 Americans. It ranked 14,252nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Loken?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Loken identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Loken?

Kristanna Loken, American actress.

Where is the surname Loken most common?

Wikidata records people named Loken in the United States.

Is the surname Loken getting more or less common?

More common. 1,513 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,103 in 2010, up 39%.

The surname Loken

A surname, carried by 2,103 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Loken is more common than 91.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,103 people named Loken in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 146,812 Americans. That is up 39% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,513.

#14,252

rank among US surnames

2,103

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+39%

change since 2000 (was #17,240)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,247	Mikhail	2,105	146,672
#14,248	Przybylski	2,104	146,742
#14,252	Buttram	2,103	146,812
#14,257	Seyler	2,102	146,882

Who is named Loken

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

93% of people named Loken identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
Two or more races 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lokens

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kristanna Loken
American actress, born 1979

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Loken

Loken has the Soundex code L250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L250.

Questions

How common is the surname Loken?: 2,103 people in the United States had the surname Loken in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 146,812 Americans. It ranked 14,252nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Loken?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Loken identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Loken?: Kristanna Loken, American actress.
Where is the surname Loken most common?: Wikidata records people named Loken in the United States.
Is the surname Loken getting more or less common?: More common. 1,513 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,103 in 2010, up 39%.