Lofthouse Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

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Family name meaning

In old registers, Lofthouse often stands in for Loftus. Name scholars give the meaning as “House with a loft”.

Before spelling was fixed, Loftus was also written Lofthouse. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. 595 Americans were listed as Lofthouse in the 2010 census.

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