Loftus Surname

26,629th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20,197 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Falkland Islands

Loftus Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the loft-house,' a house with an attic or cock-loft above it. This is a Yorkshire surname and several places are so termed. The chief are Lofthouse, a village three miles north of Wakefield, and Lofthouse, a village in the parish of Kirkby Malzeard.

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Loftus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11,2301:32,2764,026
England4,3711:12,7471,878
Ireland1,7851:2,638491
Australia1,0201:26,4663,598
Canada5771:63,8577,448
South Africa3331:162,69618,231
Scotland2711:19,7562,310
New Zealand1411:32,1165,589
Wales1201:25,7882,682
Northern Ireland761:24,2772,748
Thailand751:941,845145,864
Mexico401:3,103,15523,265
Spain211:2,226,28755,801
Netherlands171:993,36365,241
Norway161:321,39331,311
United Arab Emirates121:763,52325,625
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
United States Virgin Islands71:15,7682,111
France61:11,070,454349,096
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
Monaco51:7,4131,114
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
China41:341,830,39216,990
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Malta41:107,5681,849
Falkland Islands31:1,044221
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1,7771:2,493470
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,4461:16,8572,459
Scotland1421:26,3612,369
Wales431:36,4751,977
Isle of Man11:54,2692,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,3131:21,7112,736

Loftus (170) may also be a first name.

Loftus Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the loft-house,' a house with an attic or cock-loft above it. This is a Yorkshire surname and several places are so termed. The chief are Lofthouse, a village three miles north of Wakefield, and Lofthouse, a village in the parish of Kirkby Malzeard.

Robert de Lofthus, Close Rolls, 28 Edward I.

Richard Lofthouse, Yorkshire: Deposition from York Castle (Surtees Society).

John Loftous, Yorkshire, ibid.

Robertus Lofthouse, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

John de Lofthouse, Close Rolls, 17 Richard II.

1593-4. William Loftous, Yorkshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1667. Arthur Bostock and Catherine Loftus: Marriage Alleg. (Westminster).

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

"A Yorkshire surname and several places in the county are so termed" (Bardsley). Robert Lofthous in Lyndene was convicted of concealing certain 'paise penneis,' probably English gold coins, 1502 (Trials, I, p. 32). A contraction of Lofthouse.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(Scandinavian) belonging to Lofthouse, Loftus (Yorks); or Dweller at a House with a Loft or Upper Story [Old Norse lopt (loft) + hús]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

This English name, in Ireland as such since the sixteenth century, is very numerous in Connacht.

where it is not English but almost always a synonym of Loughnane, q.v. IF 26*, 211*; Map Mayo

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

(English) One who came from Lofthouse or Loftus (house with an upper floor), both places in Yorkshire; one who lived in a house with an upper story.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A contraction of Lofthouse, a parish in Yorkshire. The family "appear to have flourished in Yorkshire as early as the reign of Alfred!" B.L.G., where the archives of York Minster are given as the authority.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Lofthouse, of which Loftus is a rare and contracted form, is a characteristic Yorkshire name. Lofthouse or Loftus, a town in the North Riding, gave the name of Loftus to a family of great antiquity in the county (L.). There are also places called Lofthouse in the West Riding. The present home of the Lofthouses of the West Riding is in the Ripon district.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Loftus Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Loftus Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Loftus (Arabic: فتوس, Russian: Лофтус) is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Loftus? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 26,629th most commonly held surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 360,823 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 59 percent of Loftus reside; 59 percent reside in North America and 58 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Loftus is also the 701,320th most widespread first name on earth. It is borne by 170 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 11,230 people, or 1 in 32,276. In The United States it is most numerous in: Pennsylvania, where 10 percent live, Illinois, where 9 percent live and California, where 9 percent live. Excluding The United States Loftus is found in 57 countries. It is also found in England, where 22 percent live and Ireland, where 9 percent live.

Loftus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Loftus has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 486 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 302 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 100 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 191 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 279 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Loftus Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Loftus last name is chiefly Catholic (96%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Loftus last name are 13.3% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60.07% registered with the party.

The amount Loftus earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 153.17% more than the national average, earning 876,183 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 57.16% more than the national average, earning R 373,464 per year; in United States they earn 10.4% more than the national average, earning $47,638 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.41% more than the national average, earning $52,372 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lofthus92930/
Lofftus92103/
Lofttus921/
Lotftus920/
Loftuss920/
Loftous920/
Loftu918/
Lofthous861/
Loftouse860/
Loftos839/
Loftut834/
Laftus832/
Leftus830/
Lofthouse805,653/
Lauftus770/
Lophtus770/
Laftous770/
Laftu732/
Loftoose711/
Laftos671/
Lafteu671/
Laufthouse630/
Laftouh6220/
Latfftu621/
Lavtu551/
Lawtu551/
Lowtoo50308/
Lowtoe5051/
Lawthu500/

Loftus Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Loftus in the Russian language
Лофтусloftus-
Loftus in the Arabic language
فتوسftws-
لوفتسlwfts-

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