Loretto

English

Etymology

Variant spelling of Italian Loreto.

Proper noun

Loretto (countable and uncountable, plural Lorettos)

1. A surname from Italian.
2. A placename:
   1. A city in Marion County, Kentucky, United States.
   2. An unincorporated community in Dickinson County, Michigan, United States.
   3. A city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States.
   4. A census-designated place in Boone County, Nebraska, United States.
   5. A borough of Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States.
   6. A city in Lawrence County, Tennessee, United States.
   7. An unincorporated community in Essex County, Virginia, United States.

Derived terms

• Sister of Loretto

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Loretto is the 38439^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 576 individuals. Loretto is most common among American Indian/Alaska Native (38.37%), White (36.11%) and Hispanic/Latino (20.66%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Loretto”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 461.