# Lomax (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/lomax/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 9,789 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,627 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 31,540 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.3% (9,120 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Inherited from Northern Middle English Lumhalghes, from Northumbrian Old English *Lummhālas, from *lumm (“pool”) + hālas (“corners”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lomax 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) | 41% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 53% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 3.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lomax in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Lomax

- Alan Lomax, American musicologist (1915–2002)
- John Lomax, American musicologist and folklorist (1867–1948)
- Eric Lomax, British Army officer

## Similar surnames

Lomas, Long, Lynch, Lyons, Lang, Lange, Lemus, Liang, Link, Leung, Loomis, Luong.

## 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.