Loirs Surname

1,817,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 103 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Loirs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Loirs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1021:651,20384,246
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Loirs Last Name Facts

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

Loirs occurs more in France more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Loirs? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,817,111th most widespread last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 70,752,873 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Loirs reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

This last name is most frequently used in France, where it is carried by 102 people, or 1 in 651,203. In France Loirs is mostly found in: Hauts-de-France, where 85 percent are found, Normandy, where 10 percent are found and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 2 percent are found. Excluding France it occurs in one country. It is also common in Brazil, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Loiars9115/
Lors89313/
Lirs898/
Lours80689/
Liers80632/
Lorse80625/
Loers80519/
Leirs80497/
Lorås80160/
Lhors8079/
Lohrs8063/
Lairs8049/
Lirsz8041/
Lirås8010/
Lorsh809/
Lgors809/
Loors808/
Liars806/
Lorst803/
Lirsh801/
Liors801/
Lyors800/
Lowers731,722/
Lorsch73301/
Lirsch73190/
Loehrs73146/
Leiers73115/
Lhours7344/
Liersz7340/
Louers7339/
L'Ours736/
Loyers733/
Laiers733/
Lourse733/
Lorshe732/
Lhorst732/
Hlihrs732/
Lorsth731/
Loersh731/
Gliers731/
Layors731/
Lojars731/
Leiars731/
Leirås731/
Lhirst730/
Leihrs730/
Liersch671,974/
Lars671,153/
Loersch67260/
L'Hours67105/
Loggers6792/
Lers6750/
Lorsche6735/
Lorx6732/
Legiers6722/
Lirš6713/
Leirsch679/
Lowersh672/
Lahiers672/
Looyers671/
Lirx671/
Lowerst671/
Liayers671/
Lagiers671/
Lorš671/
Louerse671/
Lajorst670/
Lowerse670/
Liggers670/

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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 Loirs
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