How common is the surname Lomax?

9,789 people in the United States had the surname Lomax in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,540 Americans. It ranked 3,627th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Lomax?

Alan Lomax, American musicologist (1915–2002), followed by John Lomax.

Where is the surname Lomax most common?

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

Is the surname Lomax getting more or less common?

More common. 9,120 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,789 in 2010, up 7.3%.

The surname Lomax

A place surname, carried by 9,789 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lomax is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

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

Lomax is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,789 people named Lomax in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 31,540 Americans. That is up 7.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,120.

#3,627

rank among US surnames

9,789

people in 2010

3.3

per 100,000 Americans

+7.3%

change since 2000 (was #3,579)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,619	Johansen	9,815	31,456
#3,620	Delrio	9,814	31,460
#3,621	Guenther	9,809	31,476
#3,622	Taggart	9,808	31,479
#3,623	Renfro	9,806	31,485
#3,624	Schindler	9,801	31,501
#3,625	Huey	9,800	31,505

Who is named Lomax

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

53% of people named Lomax identified as Black (not Hispanic), 41% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 53%
White (not Hispanic) 41%
Two or more races 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Lomaxs

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alan Lomax
American musicologist (1915–2002)
John Lomax
American musicologist and folklorist (1867–1948)
Eric Lomax
British Army officer, 1919–2012

Notable Lomaxs come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lomax

Lomas

Lomax 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 Lomax come from?: Inherited from Northern Middle English Lumhalghes, from Northumbrian Old English *Lummhālas, from *lumm (“pool”) + hālas (“corners”).
How common is the surname Lomax?: 9,789 people in the United States had the surname Lomax in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,540 Americans. It ranked 3,627th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lomax?: In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Lomax identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 41% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Lomax?: Alan Lomax, American musicologist (1915–2002), followed by John Lomax.
Where is the surname Lomax most common?: Wikidata records people named Lomax in the United States and the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Lomax?: Lomax is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Lomax getting more or less common?: More common. 9,120 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,789 in 2010, up 7.3%.