History
First mentioned in an Ottoman Empire, Ottoman defter of 1481, the village, then known as ''Zabrdani'', had eighty households and produced vines, walnuts, and honey. In Ottoman tax registers of the non-Muslim population of the wilayah Florina, Filorine from 1626–1627, the village is marked under the name ''Zaburdani'' with 62 households. The population of the village was affiliated with the Bulgarian Exarchate church in the early 20th century. According to Dimitar Mishev, the secretary of the Exarchate, there were 344 Bulgarians (Macedonia), Bulgarians in Zabrdani in 1905 and there was a Bulgarian school that functioned in the village. The village was incorporated into Greece in 1913 after the Balkan Wars.Demography
Lofoi had 458 inhabitants in 1981. In fieldwork done by Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Lofoi was populated by Slavic speakers of Greek Macedonia, Slavophones. The Macedonian language was used by people of all ages, both in public and private settings, and as the main language for interpersonal relationships. Some elderly villagers had little knowledge of Greek. Table 3: Lofi, 458; S, M1; S = Slavophones, M = macédonien" According to the 2001 census, the population of Lofi is 443 people.References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lofoi Populated places in Florina (regional unit)