# Lothian (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/lothian/  
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) | 412 |
| US rank (2010) | 50,659 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 749,382 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.8% (393 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈloʊ.ði.ən/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English Loðene, Loþene, potentially from Proto-Brythonic *Lugudūniānā, or Proto-Celtic *lutā. According to A. D. Mills, in A Dictionary of British Place Names, named after "one Leudonus".

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lothian 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) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Similar surnames

Lathan, Louthan, Latham, Layton, Lawton, Litton, Lydon, Louden, Litwin, Lowden, Lattin, Layden.

## 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.