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
Average Loan Salary in
United States
$44,607 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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) is borne by more people in Vietnam than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Loán. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Loan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Loan is the 51,701st most frequently used family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 735,596 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 74 percent of Loan live; 64 percent live in Southeast Asia and 55 percent live in Viet-Asia. Loan is also the 4,789th most prevalent given name at a global level It is held by 218,421 people.
This last name is most frequent in Vietnam, where it is borne by 5,461 people, or 1 in 16,965. In Vietnam Loan is most common in: Southeast, where 32 percent are found, Red River Delta, where 16 percent are found and Mekong River Delta, where 14 percent are found. Besides Vietnam it occurs in 68 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 9 percent are found and Indonesia, where 8 percent are found.
Loan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Loan has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 366 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 323 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it fell 27 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 96 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Loan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Catholic (42%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Loan surname are 18.69% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 65.46% being registered to vote for the political 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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