The Lothe surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 114 people carried this name — #145,220 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is down 10% from 127 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 183 people named Lothe.
1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
894 people named Lothe is counted in Norway.
Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers.
Counted, by country
Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Lothe,
with a public archive behind them.
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Anders Lothe 1875–1962 · writer -
Jakob A. Lothe 1881–1975 · teacher -
Wanda Stanisławska-Lothe 1910–1985 · actor -
Ilse Lothe 1914– -
Jakob J. Lothe 1853–1921 · politician
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Johan Lothe 1855–1932 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lothe.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Lothe is.
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