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The LOUDON surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,539 17014 0.001 6
United States (1880 census) 373 12111 0.001 7
Change since 1880 +1166 -4903 0 -1
Other Countries
Australia 348 4542 0.002 21
United Kingdom 1,099 4869 0.002 24
Top States for LOUDON by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 184 12747 0.001 5
Washington 148 4649 0.003 25
Ohio 97 12464 0.001 9
New York 69 24635 0.000 4
Texas 68 19668 0.000 3
Top States for LOUDON by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Nebraska 52 4643 0.003 30
Alaska 16 5568 0.003 26
Washington 148 4649 0.003 25
Wyoming 9 7870 0.002 18
New Hampshire 21 7102 0.002 17

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called LOUDON live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called LOUDON represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called LOUDON in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a LOUDON by picking someone at random in Nebraska than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of LOUDON

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Scotland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the LOUDON surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the LOUDON surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of LOUDON in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 21 1.36
Mixed Race 18 1.17
White (Hispanic) 18 1.17
White (Caucasian) 1,470 95.52
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the LOUDON surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of LOUDON in historical publications

LOUDON. Loudoun, a great parish in Ayrshire. The progenitor of the family was James the son of Lambin, who obtained "Laudon," from llichard Morville, who died in 1189, the minister of William the Lion.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to LOUDON

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as LOUDON.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for LOUDON

The following words are slight variants of LOUDON that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.