Loan Surname
Approximately 9,907 people bear this surname
Loan Surname Definition:
North. vars. of Lane, q.v. Loan is normally the Scot. and Northumb. form; Loane, the Lanc. form (‘lyin’ i’ th’ loane’: Ab-o'-th’-Yate, p. 19).
Loan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vietnam | 5,461 | 1:16,965 | 350 |
| United States | 940 | 1:385,595 | 33,973 |
| Indonesia | 792 | 1:166,981 | 16,202 |
| Ghana | 485 | 1:55,713 | 5,980 |
| Pakistan | 478 | 1:373,732 | 7,238 |
| India | 387 | 1:1,982,081 | 68,195 |
| England | 297 | 1:187,603 | 16,709 |
| Northern Ireland | 185 | 1:9,973 | 1,582 |
| Australia | 128 | 1:210,904 | 20,401 |
| Canada | 125 | 1:294,765 | 27,374 |
| Thailand | 102 | 1:692,533 | 115,267 |
| Malaysia | 81 | 1:364,126 | 19,261 |
| Scotland | 59 | 1:90,743 | 6,412 |
| United Arab Emirates | 39 | 1:234,930 | 15,673 |
| New Zealand | 38 | 1:119,166 | 14,967 |
| Andorra | 35 | 1:2,395 | 459 |
| Qatar | 31 | 1:76,064 | 7,685 |
| Spain | 30 | 1:1,558,401 | 47,033 |
| Ivory Coast | 25 | 1:922,849 | 23,346 |
| Chile | 20 | 1:880,824 | 18,509 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Germany | 15 | 1:5,367,031 | 196,901 |
| France | 14 | 1:4,744,480 | 251,814 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 8 | 1:6,822 | 652 |
| Cambodia | 6 | 1:2,581,191 | 8,069 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 72 | 1:61,526 | 4,797 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 92 | 1:264,950 | 18,810 |
| Scotland | 81 | 1:46,213 | 3,298 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 257 | 1:195,403 | 17,095 |
The alternate forms: Loán (1) are calculated separately.
Loan (218,421) may also be a first name.
Loan Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
North. vars. of Lane, q.v. Loan is normally the Scot. and Northumb. form; Loane, the Lanc. form (‘lyin’ i’ th’ loane’: Ab-o'-th’-Yate, p. 19).
Ó Luain The principal sept of this name is that of Oriel. The form Lamb(e), which results from a more than usually absurd pseudo-translation, is now much more numerous than O’Loan; but some Lambes are of English descent. MIF 163; Map Mon
A township in Durham.
From Loan, a township co. Durham. "A Mr. Loan, of Missouri, is now (1867) an out-and-out radical in the U.S. Congress" (Bowditch). But see also Lone.
Loan Demographics
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Loan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Loan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Loan (Hindi: लोअन, Marathi: लोन) occurs most in Vietnam. It can also occur in the variant forms: Loán. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Loan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 51,701st most widespread last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 735,596 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 74 percent of Loan live; 64 percent live in Southeast Asia and 55 percent live in Viet-Asia. It is also the 4,789th most frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 218,421 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Vietnam, where it is held by 5,461 people, or 1 in 16,965. In Vietnam Loan is most common in: Southeast, where 32 percent live, Red River Delta, where 16 percent live and Mekong River Delta, where 14 percent live. Excluding Vietnam Loan exists in 68 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 9 percent live and Indonesia, where 8 percent live.
Loan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Loan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Loan last name rose 366 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 323 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it contracted 27 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it contracted 96 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Loan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Loan last name is primarily Catholic (42%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Loan last name are 18.69% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 65.46% registered with the party.
The amount Loan earn in different countries varies notably. In Vietnam they earn 13.65% less than the national average, earning 71,190,800 ₫ per year; in United States they earn 3.38% more than the national average, earning $44,607 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.22% less than the national average, earning $47,588 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Loan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Loan in the Hindi language | ||
| लोअन | lo'ana | - |
| Loan in the Marathi language | ||
| लोन | lona | 66.67 |
| लोअन | lo'ana | 33.33 |
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