Find out how popular the last name Lola is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Lola.

Lola, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Lola surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Lola in America

Lola is the 61585th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Lola surname appeared 326 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Lola.

We can also compare 2010 data for Lola to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Lola

The surname Lola is of Spanish origin, derived from the old Castilian word "lola," which was a nickname for the name "Dolores." This name gained popularity in the Iberian Peninsula during the medieval period.

Lola is believed to have originated in the region of Andalusia, situated in the southern part of Spain. The earliest recorded instances of the surname date back to the 13th century, when it appeared in various municipal records and registers from cities like Seville and Cordoba.

One of the earliest known references to the surname Lola can be found in the "Repartimiento de Sevilla," a historical document compiled in 1253 after the Christian conquest of Seville from the Moors. This document records the distribution of land and properties among the conquering nobility, and several individuals with the surname Lola are listed as recipients.

During the 15th century, the surname Lola began to spread beyond Andalusia, as families bearing this name migrated to other regions of Spain and the Spanish colonies in the Americas. Notable individuals from this period include Juan Lola, a merchant from Seville who established trade routes with the New World in the late 1400s.

In the 16th century, the surname Lola gained further prominence with the rise of Lope de Lola, a celebrated playwright and poet from Madrid. Born in 1562, Lope de Lola is considered one of the key figures of the Spanish Golden Age of literature and is renowned for his numerous plays and sonnets.

Another notable figure was María Lola, a nun and mystic from Granada, who lived between 1578 and 1647. Her writings and spiritual teachings gained widespread recognition throughout Spain and beyond.

As the Spanish Empire expanded, the surname Lola traveled across the globe, taking root in various Spanish colonies and territories. In the 17th century, Pedro Lola was a prominent landowner and rancher in the viceroyalty of New Spain (present-day Mexico).

By the 19th century, the surname Lola had become well-established in various parts of the Spanish-speaking world, including Latin America and the Philippines. One notable individual from this period was José Lola, a Chilean military leader and statesman who played a crucial role in the country's struggle for independence from Spain in the early 1800s.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Lola

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Lola.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Lola was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Lola has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Lola was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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