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    The surname Lomas

    A surname, carried by 4,667 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L520

    Lomas: #7,167 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lomas #7,167, 4,667 people Lomas: #7,167 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lomas #7,167, 4,667 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lomas is more common than 95.6% of them.

    Origin

    A variant form of Lomax.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,667 people named Lomas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 66,155 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,183.

    #7,167
    rank among US surnames
    4,667
    people in 2010
    1.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.6%
    change since 2000 (was #7,336)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,162Marcial4,67066,113
    #7,164Arzola4,66966,127
    #7,165Rook4,66866,141
    #7,167Lomas4,66766,155
    #7,171Arneson4,66566,183
    #7,173Celaya4,66466,198

    Who is named Lomas

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

    56% of people named Lomas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 35% as white (not Hispanic) and 6.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 56%
    • White (not Hispanic) 35%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.7%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lomas

    Lomas has the Soundex code L520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L520.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lomas come from?
    A variant form of Lomax.
    How common is the surname Lomas?
    4,667 people in the United States had the surname Lomas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,155 Americans. It ranked 7,167th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lomas?
    In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Lomas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 35% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Lomas getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,183 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,667 in 2010, up 12%.