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    The surname Lothian

    A place surname, carried by 412 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈloʊ.ði.ən/ 3 syllables Soundex L350

    Lothian: #50,659 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Lothian #50,659, 412 people Lothian: #50,659 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Lothian #50,659, 412 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lothian is more common than 68.8% of them.

    Origin

    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".

    Lothian 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 412 people named Lothian in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 749,382 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 393.

    #50,659
    rank among US surnames
    412
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.8%
    change since 2000 (was #50,055)

    Who is named Lothian

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

    83% of people named Lothian identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lothian

    Lothian has the Soundex code L350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L350.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lothian come from?
    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".
    How common is the surname Lothian?
    412 people in the United States had the surname Lothian in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 749,382 Americans. It ranked 50,659th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lothian?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Lothian identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Lothian?
    Lothian is /ˈloʊ.ði.ən/, 3 syllables.
    What type of surname is Lothian?
    Lothian is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Lothian getting more or less common?
    More common. 393 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 412 in 2010, up 4.8%.