Lofton Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 2
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 4
Middlesex 5
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Lofton Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Lofton family

Profession Census Frequency
Cook Domestic 1
Metropolitan Police Constable 1
Paviors Labourer 1
Rag Sorter 1
Brick Maker 1
Machine Minders Cabinet Factory 1
Wine Merchant Clerk 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Lofton

Name Census Frequency
Mary Lofton 13
Elizabeth Lofton 8
Henry Lofton 8
William Lofton 7
Ellen Lofton 5
George Lofton 5
James Lofton 5
John Lofton 5
Thomas Lofton 5
Arthur Lofton 4
Alfred Lofton 3
Alice Lofton 3
Ann Lofton 3
Frances Lofton 3
Michael Lofton 3
Walter Lofton 3
Agnes Lofton 2
Albert Lofton 2
Annie Lofton 2
Bridget Lofton 2
Edward Lofton 2
Frederick Lofton 2
Louisa Lofton 2
Lydia Lofton 2
Margaret Lofton 2

Lofton Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Lifton 83% 911
2 Loftin 83% 445
3 Lafton 83% 304
4 Lefton 83% 285
5 Lofton 100% 152

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The surname Lofton is the 5th most popular variant of Lifton.

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