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The surname Losh

A surname, carried by 1,725 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L200

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Losh is more common than 89.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,725 people named Losh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 178,983 Americans. That is up 8.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,593.

#16,624
rank among US surnames
1,725
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+8.3%
change since 2000 (was #16,586)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#16,616Hoxie1,726178,879
#16,624Nie1,725178,983
#16,630Vanriper1,724179,087

Who is named Losh

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

92% of people named Losh identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 92%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 3.5%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
  • Two or more races 1.0%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Loshs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Sara Losh
    British architect, 1785–1853

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Losh

Losh has the Soundex code L200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L200.

Questions

How common is the surname Losh?
1,725 people in the United States had the surname Losh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 178,983 Americans. It ranked 16,624th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Losh?
In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Losh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Who is the most famous person named Losh?
Sara Losh, British architect.
Where is the surname Losh most common?
Wikidata records people named Losh in England.
Is the surname Losh getting more or less common?
More common. 1,593 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,725 in 2010, up 8.3%.