Loftus

in North Carolina

There are 94 people with the last name "Loftus" in North Carolina.

Ranking in North Carolina

Name	Rank
Loftus	7,141

is 7,137th most common Lampkin
is 7,138th most common Lapointe
is 7,139th most common Lindberg
is 7,140th most common Loeffler
is 7,141st most common Loftus
is 7,142nd most common Mitchiner
is 7,143rd most common Patillo
is 7,144th most common Penaloza
is 7,145th most common Picard

Meaning & History

Loftus

English (Yorkshire): habitational name from Loftus in Cleveland, Lofthouse in West Yorkshire, or Loftsome in East Yorkshire. All are named from Old Norse lopt ‘loft’, ‘upper storey’ + hús ‘house’, the last being derived from the dative plural form, húsum. Houses built with an upper storey (which was normally used for the storage of produce during the winter) were a considerable rarity among the ordinary people of the Middle Ages.

Irish: English surname adopted by certain bearers of the Gaelic surname Ó Lochlainn (see Laughlin) or Ó Lachtnáin (see Lough).