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

Loonsfoot, 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 Loonsfoot surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Loonsfoot in America

Loonsfoot is the 97671st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Loonsfoot surname appeared 186 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 Loonsfoot.

We can also compare 2010 data for Loonsfoot 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 Loonsfoot

The surname "LOONSFOOT" has its origins in the Anglo-Saxon era of England, dating back to the 8th century AD. The name is believed to have originated in the region of Mercia, which encompassed parts of the modern-day English Midlands. It is derived from the Old English words "lufu" meaning love, and "fot" meaning foot, suggesting a possible occupational origin related to someone who cared for or massaged feet.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in the Domesday Book of 1086, where a certain Leofric Lufufot is mentioned as a landowner in the county of Warwickshire. The spelling variations at the time included "Luffott", "Lufefot", and "Luffote".

In the 13th century, a prominent member of the Loonsfoot family was Sir William Luffote, a knight who served under King Edward I and fought in the Welsh Wars of the late 1200s. Another notable figure was John Luffoot, a merchant and alderman in the city of London during the reign of King Richard II in the late 14th century.

The name Loonsfoot also appears in several medieval records and manuscripts, including the Hundred Rolls of 1273, which listed several individuals with variations of the name in various counties across England.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, the Loonsfoot surname was prevalent in the counties of Warwickshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire. One notable individual from this period was Thomas Lunsfoote, a wealthy landowner and member of the gentry class in Warwickshire, who lived from 1542 to 1619.

In the 18th century, a notable bearer of the Loonsfoot name was William Lunsfoot, a scholar and linguist who was born in Staffordshire in 1712 and authored several works on ancient languages and philology.

Throughout its history, the Loonsfoot surname has also been associated with various place names and locations within England, such as the village of Lunsfoot in Warwickshire and the hamlet of Lunsfoot in Staffordshire.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Loonsfoot

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

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 Loonsfoot 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 Loonsfoot 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 Loonsfoot was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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