How common is the surname Loomis?

14,518 people in the United States had the surname Loomis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,266 Americans. It ranked 2,485th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Loomis?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Loomis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Loomis?

Frank Loomis, athletics competitor (1896-1971), followed by Jeff Loomis.

Where is the surname Loomis most common?

Wikidata records people named Loomis in the United States.

Is the surname Loomis getting more or less common?

More common. 14,311 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,518 in 2010, up 1.4%.

The surname Loomis

A surname, carried by 14,518 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). Loomis is more common than 98.5% 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 14,518 people named Loomis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 21,266 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 14,311.

#2,485

rank among US surnames

14,518

people in 2010

4.9

per 100,000 Americans

+1.4%

change since 2000 (was #2,314)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,477	Noriega	14,559	21,207
#2,478	Cloud	14,555	21,212
#2,479	Stearns	14,554	21,214
#2,480	Nagel	14,545	21,227
#2,481	Weldon	14,538	21,237
#2,482	Handy	14,537	21,239
#2,483	Lorenz	14,528	21,252

Who is named Loomis

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

94% of people named Loomis identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Loomiss

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1998

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Lummis

Surnames that sound like Loomis

Lomas

Loomis 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 Loomis come from?: A variant form of Lomax.
How common is the surname Loomis?: 14,518 people in the United States had the surname Loomis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,266 Americans. It ranked 2,485th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Loomis?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Loomis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Loomis?: Frank Loomis, athletics competitor (1896-1971), followed by Jeff Loomis.
Where is the surname Loomis most common?: Wikidata records people named Loomis in the United States.
Is the surname Loomis getting more or less common?: More common. 14,311 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,518 in 2010, up 1.4%.
What are other spellings of Loomis?: Lummis.