Loo Surname

10,361st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 54,347 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Loo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Loo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia31,1491:947130
United States5,5461:65,3557,630
Singapore3,4921:1,577185
Thailand2,0141:35,0743,653
Peru1,1531:27,5662,907
Canada1,1281:32,6654,231
Panama1,0801:3,622444
Papua New Guinea9231:8,834687
Mexico9111:136,2534,402
Netherlands8581:19,6823,093
Australia7621:35,4274,673
Hong Kong6331:11,588339
Indonesia5521:239,58222,057
Philippines4791:211,35333,005
China3571:3,830,032413
Estonia2801:4,721457
England2681:207,90317,929
United Arab Emirates2451:37,3973,942
New Zealand2311:19,6033,446
Chile2171:81,1823,222
Sweden1631:60,4104,630
Egypt1531:600,88732,813
France1501:442,81863,836
Kenya1301:355,23020,851
Germany1181:682,25052,603
Tanzania1171:452,49231,593
Cuba1041:110,7953,160
India821:9,354,456185,501
Finland781:70,4717,855
Belgium771:149,30720,954
South Africa761:712,86550,752
DR Congo551:1,343,26579,223
Brunei541:7,7541,010
Guyana451:16,9382,216
Brazil401:5,351,858134,966
Honduras401:220,4112,340
Spain401:1,168,80140,601
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
Myanmar361:1,442,722585
Taiwan331:710,4475,096
French Polynesia311:9,0581,949
Pakistan291:6,160,13436,715
Cameroon281:741,75252,682
Jamaica271:106,2944,277
Argentina241:1,780,97692,783
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
New Caledonia211:13,1533,514
Norway211:244,87126,357
Nigeria201:8,857,138186,571
Ecuador161:994,11514,535
Switzerland141:586,63740,624
Denmark121:470,39330,183
Scotland121:446,15118,166
Antigua and Barbuda91:11,0191,084
Fiji91:99,3771,883
Liberia91:489,83723,279
Wales81:386,81619,671
Ireland71:672,70615,999
Japan71:18,263,47047,869
Vietnam61:15,441,0093,090
Iran51:15,356,505213,424
South Korea51:10,248,0511,694
Austria41:2,128,85991,203
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Costa Rica41:1,195,0176,919
Curaçao41:39,312638
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Mauritius41:323,35410,053
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Palestine41:1,137,21216,054
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
Algeria31:12,877,18484,902
Hungary31:3,272,09262,568
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Serbia31:2,381,64930,913
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Guatemala21:8,041,3349,698
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Guam11:160,1214,893
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Macau11:601,6301,582
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Samoa11:193,8081,089
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Wallis and Futuna11:13,610185
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland161:276,86711,455
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2051:244,96920,381

Loo (7,997) may also be a first name.

Loo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Loo (Hindi: लोो, Marathi: लोओ) occurs more in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Loo.

How Common Is The Last Name Loo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 10,361st most frequent surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 134,093 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 72 percent of Loo live; 69 percent live in Southeast Asia and 58 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 71,108th most widely held given name worldwide. It is borne by 7,997 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Malaysia, where it is carried by 31,149 people, or 1 in 947. In Malaysia Loo is mostly concentrated in: Selangor, where 32 percent live, Penang, where 13 percent live and Johor, where 12 percent live. Besides Malaysia this last name is found in 114 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 10 percent live and Singapore, where 6 percent live.

Loo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Loo has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Loo last name grew 2,705 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 1,200 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 56 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Loo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Loo surname is predominantly Catholic (94%) in Ireland and Muslim (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States Loo are 17.92% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 71.15% registered with the party.

The amount Loo earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 3.77% less than the national average, earning 333,016 kr per year; in Peru they earn 57.45% more than the national average, earning S/. 30,521 per year; in South Africa they earn 6.4% less than the national average, earning R 222,432 per year; in United States they earn 18.27% more than the national average, earning $51,034 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.37% more than the national average, earning $58,812 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Loos8629,404/
Loop864,320/
Lood863,623/
Loot86795/
Looy86735/
Looz86402/
Looß86221/
Looe8637/
Lloo869/
Looj862/
Looa862/
Hloo861/
Lgoo861/
Lhoo861/
Lo80302,664/
Loots7511,170/
Looij75761/
Loods75126/
Loosz7578/
Looch7570/
Loodh7559/
Looss7556/
Loost7533/
Looys7523/
Loodt7517/
Looyd7515/
L'Goo758/
L'Loo758/
Looie758/
Loohs757/
Loohß756/
Loosh754/
Luoou754/
L'Hoo754/
D'Loo752/
Llooy751/
Loott751/
Loodz751/
Lloot751/
Loosd751/
Loohd751/
Hlooe751/
Loooo751/
Loohy750/
Luo6714,714,385/
Lou67845,855/
Loh6791,544/
Loi6738,016/
Loy6732,104/
Lot6715,517/
Los6715,197/
Lio6711,281/
Loe6711,155/
Loa679,955/
Loz679,438/
Lod672,316/
Lop671,557/
Looije67460/
Lho67445/
Loß67395/
Loş67350/
Loj67293/
Lyo67272/
Loodts67223/
Lojová67194/
Loosch6789/
Looijs6783/
Hlo6759/
Llo6751/
Loš6750/
Loç6749/
Loyová6735/
Lgo6725/
Lhoost6724/
Loyowa6721/
Lohová6718/
Loï6717/
Loodtz6711/
Luohou678/
Lojova677/
Loë676/
Louová674/
Lloodd674/
Llooyd673/
Loyova672/
Loå672/
Loč671/
Loû671/
L'Hood671/
Llooyi671/
Loá671/
Lloopp671/
Leheoo671/
Loî671/
Lloojh671/
Lootts670/

Loo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Loo in the Hindi language
लोोloo-
Loo in the Marathi language
लोओlo'o-

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Loo
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