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There are approximately 7,172 people named Lomax in the UK. That makes it the 1,499th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 114 are named Lomax.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English


Related and similar surnames

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Lomaxx
Lomacz
Lomake
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The Lomax surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

LOMAX. This surname, and its vernacular pronunciation Lomas, have long been associated with South Lancashire. The ancient orthography appears in a MS. Rent Roll of Sir John Pilkington of Burj', Knt., dated 13. Henry VI., as Del Lundialglics, Del Lumhalghe. To lumludglte, which appears to be a topographical expression, lean attach no meaning. In the early part of the seventeenth century the name was written Lummas : somewliat later, viz., in 1653, it first appears as Lomax. See Notes and Queries, Dec. 10, 1859. In the South of England the in Lomas and Lomax is long.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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