Loay Surname
Approximately 2,862 people bear this surname
Loay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 2,349 | 1:39,138 | 4,035 |
| Philippines | 417 | 1:242,778 | 36,679 |
| Cambodia | 21 | 1:737,483 | 4,850 |
| Argentina | 19 | 1:2,249,653 | 107,269 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Loay (59,869) may also be a first name.
Loay Demographics
Loay Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Loay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Loay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Loay (Russian: Лоай) is carried by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Loay? popularity and diffusion
The surname Loay is the 153,588th most widespread surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,546,312 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Loay are found; 82 percent are found in North Africa and 82 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 15,880th most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 59,869 people.
It is most frequently held in Egypt, where it is borne by 2,349 people, or 1 in 39,138. Not including Egypt it occurs in 28 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 15 percent live and Cambodia, where 1 percent live.
Loay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Loay has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Loay last name rose 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Loay Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Loay surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
Phonetically Similar Names
Loay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Loay in the Russian language | ||
| Лоай | loaj | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Loay
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