Loden

surname · Latin script

Meaning: ornamental name composed of an unidentified first element + the adjectival suffix -en, from Latin -enius

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ləʊdən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Loden is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 192K(measured from records)
  • SESweden≈1 in 64K
  • SGSingapore≈1 in 71K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

1,735 people, 2010

Sources
235 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 64K (inferred from the name graph)

Sweden, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

ornamental name composed of an unidentified first element + the adjectival suffix -en, from Latin -enius.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Loden counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Loden is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States1,7351 in 192K1.7KLoden235
DZ Algeria≈350 est.≈1 in 123K—Loden1
EG Egypt≈290 est.≈1 in 360K—Loden2
SE Sweden≈160 est.≈1 in 64K—Loden11
IT Italy≈140 est.≈1 in 455K—Loden1
SG Singapore≈87 est.≈1 in 71K—Loden1
EE Estonia≈9 est.≈1 in 140Klisted—1

1,735 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Loden is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, France, Mexico, Argentina

    Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

    Also written Lodén, Lodeñ

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Lodèn, Lödén, Lodén, Löden

  • Hindi surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Lodén, Löden

  • Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Lodén

37 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Loden is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Dutch, from the Middle Dutch personal name Lodin, a pet form of Lodewijk, Dutch form of Ludwig.

    as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

  • In English, A thick waterproof cloth used for garments.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Swedish, definite plural of lod

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Norwegian Nynorsk, hairy, shaggy, woolly

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In German, coarse woolen fabric

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

192019301940Sonny James, b. 1929Barbara Loden, b. 1932Ted Loden, b. 1940
  • Sonny Jamesb. 1929USnot in their usual nameAmerican country music singer-songwriter (1928–2016)
  • Barbara Lodenb. 1932USAmerican actress and director (1932–1980)
  • Ted Lodenb. 1940GBBritish Army officer (1940-2013)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Mr Loden,
InformalHi Loden,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 13 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Loden
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020101.7K#16,544
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020001.5K#17,334
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020201.4K#18,852
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Loden mean, and where does it come from?
ornamental name composed of an unidentified first element + the adjectival suffix -en, from Latin -enius. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Loden?
A machine transcription gives /ləʊdən/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Loden have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 1.7 thousand people named Loden, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled loden.
How common is the name Loden?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,735 people named Loden in 2010, about 1 in 192 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Loden”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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