Loe Surname

46,470th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,155 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Loe Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the low,' from residence thereon; v. Low; compare Hoe, sometimes a variant of How.

1598. Humphrey Lowe, or Loe, Cheshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1621.

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Loe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia3,5361:37,4014,341
United States3,1961:113,41012,274
Cameroon6631:31,3264,225
Norway6321:8,137847
Saudi Arabia5571:55,3967,891
England3141:177,44616,095
Vietnam2411:384,4231,294
Mexico1971:630,08210,209
Cambodia1601:96,7952,366
Malaysia1431:206,25312,096
New Zealand1311:34,5675,960
Canada1161:317,63429,153
Australia1091:247,66722,912
Singapore1071:51,4741,981
Solomon Islands971:5,980860
Liberia921:47,9194,308
Ivory Coast901:256,34710,121
France871:763,48093,619
South Africa761:712,86550,752
Papua New Guinea721:113,24615,376
India631:12,175,641218,299
Netherlands601:281,45334,544
Hungary501:196,32616,661
Thailand471:1,502,944203,155
Nigeria451:3,936,506111,794
United Arab Emirates391:234,93015,673
Suriname261:21,2544,689
Iran221:3,490,11599,764
Austria211:405,49741,758
Northern Ireland191:97,1076,126
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
Wales111:281,32115,850
Haiti101:1,068,39111,823
China101:136,732,1577,199
Jamaica81:358,7438,527
Taiwan71:3,349,24920,155
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Trinidad and Tobago61:227,32910,175
Argentina61:7,123,902190,047
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
East Timor41:303,982255
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Congo21:2,494,54828,763
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Aruba11:103,4772,586
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2241:108,81910,728
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4811:104,40510,516

The alternate forms: Loé (10) & Löe (2) are calculated separately.

Loe (5,031) may also be a first name.

Loe Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the low,' from residence thereon; v. Low; compare Hoe, sometimes a variant of How.

1598. Humphrey Lowe, or Loe, Cheshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1621. William Loe, Warwickshire: ibid.

1657. Buried — Emery Loe: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1788. Married — Francis Loe and Charlotte Goodman: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

= Low, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From he, lo, loo, a lake or pool. There are East and West Looe.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

William de Loe, Normandy 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Ralph de la Lowe, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).

The Norman People (1874)

From the Dutch, Louw; from the French, de Lo; from the German, Lohe; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Loe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Loe Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Loe (Marathi: लोउे) is more frequently found in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Loé or Löe. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Loe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 46,470th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 653,299 people. Loe is primarily found in Asia, where 44 percent of Loe reside; 38 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 33 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 95,853rd most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 5,031 people.

The last name Loe is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is borne by 3,536 people, or 1 in 37,401. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 73 percent live, East Java, where 6 percent live and Jakarta, where 4 percent live. Other than Indonesia this last name occurs in 72 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 29 percent live and Cameroon, where 6 percent live.

Loe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Loe has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Loe surname rose 664 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 140 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Loe Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Loe are 17.3% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 64.07% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Loe earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 6.28% more than the national average, earning 367,813 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 62.48% more than the national average, earning R 386,124 per year; in United States they earn 2.77% less than the national average, earning $41,954 USD per year and in Canada they earn 30.36% more than the national average, earning $64,765 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Loé8910/
Löe892/
Lowe86215,662/
Loue866,362/
Lohe863,936/
Loye862,003/
Loes861,769/
Loer861,381/
Lioe861,326/
Loje86724/
Loey86689/
Loez86400/
Loea86231/
Loet86221/
Loeh86151/
Loie86117/
Loee8695/
Loep8655/
Looe8637/
Loed8634/
Loeß8611/
Luoe864/
Lhoe863/
Lyoe862/
Lloe862/
Hloe862/
Lgoe861/
Louie7517,748/
Logie754,771/
Louet752,961/
Loyep751,045/
Loyez751,040/
Loest751,023/
Lowie75728/
Laoue75575/
Loepp75549/
Loyet75459/
Loyed75307/
Loess75274/
Looye75241/
Loeys75186/
Lhoez75182/
Loyie75120/
Logge7592/
Luoye7577/
Loiez7567/
Louhe7554/
Loiye7550/
Loets7550/
Luowe7548/
Loyee7547/
Loued7547/
Loweh7544/
Loues7542/
Lojie7539/
Loedt7534/
Loyes7532/
Loheh7531/
Looes7530/
Louez7528/
Loveh7527/
Loech7522/
Lohey7522/
Lohie7521/
Loies7520/
Hloue7516/
Loesh7515/
Lhowe7514/
Lloye7514/
Loehs7513/
Looey7511/
Lohei7510/
Loheu7510/
Lhoie759/
Looie758/
Louye758/
Looez757/
Loiet757/
Lloje756/
Lioes756/
Lowee755/
Llowe755/
Lohue754/
Loueh754/
Loedz754/
Loeha754/
Lyoes753/
Lohee753/
Hlowe753/
Louje753/
Lojeh753/
Lohwe752/
Looer752/
Lojee752/
Laioe752/
Lohée752/
Lyohe752/
L'Hoe752/
Loowe751/
Loedh751/
Loerh751/
Loett751/
Luoie751/
Looei751/
Lojge751/
Louee751/
Loyye751/
Lioeu751/
Lhoue751/
Loṕes751/
Lohye751/
Lohed751/
Lioet751/
Luoue751/
Louep751/
Loweď751/
Leeoe751/
Lhoer751/
Hlooe751/
Lou'e751/
Loije751/
Luoer751/
Loeje751/
Looeh751/
Loied751/
Lyoie751/
Laoey751/
Loeht750/
Looet750/
Loeph750/
Lei673,739,001/
Lee672,280,266/
Lou67845,855/
Loo6754,347/
Lie6750,006/
Lea6747,342/
Loi6738,016/
Loy6732,104/
Ley6727,224/
Leu6724,043/
Lye6713,181/
Loa679,955/
Lue678,902/
Lae676,071/
Lhoest671,303/
Looije67460/
Lho67445/
Laouet67414/
Loj67293/
Lej67274/
Laoues67266/
Loyeau67182/
Lohest67155/
Lahoue67149/
Lloyed67141/
Louies67132/
Lohoue67120/
Lohues67102/
Hlajoe6769/
Loheed6755/
Loigge6741/
Louyet6737/
Lohehe6727/
Loijer6725/
Loedts6724/
Loheas6724/
Lougie6723/
Hloher6723/
Louyeh6718/
Loojep6718/
Loueïd6716/
Luojie6714/
Louett679/
Lohwee678/
Louess676/
Looues675/
Looyeh674/
Louyed674/
Loujeh674/
Laoued673/
Luo'er673/
Lojeep673/
Loyett672/
Hlaoey672/
Llouie672/
Lowees672/
Loesth672/
Lùe672/
Lúe672/
Lyohei672/
D'Lowe672/
L'Hoer672/
Loieau672/
Lohyee672/
Loehie671/
Loehrh671/
Luoyeh671/
Looehr671/
Looher671/
Liouez671/
Lloyes671/
Laouez671/
Loijet671/
Lloues671/
Llouet671/
Luoues671/
Louehe671/
Louieh671/
Loyiep671/
Loá671/
Loî671/
Lyoher671/
Laouhe671/
L'Lowe671/
Leí671/
Lhoyez671/
Loiyee671/
Loyjie671/
Loeyoh671/
Loheap671/
Lohheh671/
Liogie671/
Lhoyes671/
Loowes670/
Loohey670/
Looeth670/
Loetch670/
Loyier670/
Louyee670/
Looett670/
Loojie670/
Louyes670/

Loe Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Loe in the Marathi language
लोउेloue-

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