# Loomis (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/loomis/  
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) | 14,518 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,485 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 21,266 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.4% (14,311 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Lummis |

## Etymology

A variant form of Lomax.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Loomis 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Loomis in the United States.

## People named Loomis

- Frank Loomis, athletics competitor (1896-1971)
- Jeff Loomis, American guitarist (born 1971)
- Elias Loomis, American science writer (1811–1889)
- Andrew Loomis, American artist (1892–1959)
- Alfred Lee Loomis, American businessman, scientist and philanthropist (1887–1975)
- Mahlon Loomis, American inventor (1826-1886)
- Roger Sherman Loomis, American academic (1887–1966)
- Ben Loomis, American Nordic combined skier

## Similar surnames

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

## 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.