Lodes
See also: lodes, lodēs, and lödes
English
Etymology
Topographic surname for someone living by a path, road or watercourse, from Middle English lode (“way, path”), or a habitational surname from any of several minor places named Load or Lode.
Proper noun
Lodes (plural Lodeses)
- A surname, from Middle English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Lodes is the 34835th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 648 individuals. Lodes is most common among White (94.44%) individuals.
Further reading
- “Lodes”, in Hanks, Patrick, editor, Dictionary of American Family Names, New York City: Oxford University Press, 2003, →ISBN