Loof Surname

165,618th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,615 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Loof Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Loof Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany8671:92,85511,629
Netherlands4971:33,9785,672
France3131:212,21333,010
United States2441:1,485,487101,350
Belgium1691:68,02710,874
Brazil1491:1,436,74048,387
Canada1291:285,62526,641
Australia1051:257,10223,526
Denmark291:194,64516,083
New Zealand171:266,37223,826
South Africa161:3,386,106119,139
Sweden121:820,56361,223
Spain111:4,250,18575,241
Peru71:4,540,58934,489
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Poland61:6,334,792156,558
Paraguay61:1,206,12410,500
England51:11,143,612252,590
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

Loof Last Name Facts

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

The last name Loof occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Loof? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 165,618th most frequent last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 2,786,824 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 73 percent of Loof reside; 71 percent reside in Western Europe and 56 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 867 people, or 1 in 92,855. In Germany Loof is most numerous in: Lower Saxony, where 25 percent live, Saxony-Anhalt, where 19 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 12 percent live. Besides Germany this surname exists in 33 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 19 percent live and France, where 12 percent live.

Loof Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Loof surname are 0.45% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 52.78% registered with the party.

The amount Loof earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 428.33% more than the national average, earning S/. 102,416 per year; in South Africa they earn 92.35% more than the national average, earning R 457,104 per year; in United States they earn 17.83% more than the national average, earning $50,844 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.87% less than the national average, earning $45,775 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Looft891,074/
Looff89142/
Loofe89116/
Loofs8942/
Hloof892/
Loowf891/
Lof861,646/
Lotf7517,584/
Loff753,446/
Loft751,926/
Loef751,226/
Louf75902/
Lohf75399/
Loov75360/
Lofe75278/
Loob75225/
Lofh7522/
Loif7518/
Loow7515/
Loyf7510/
Lofs755/
Lopf753/
Lodf752/
Lofz751/
Lovf751/
Lowf751/
Lofp751/
Llof751/
Liof750/
Lotfe671,107/
Loeff67723/
Lohff67450/
Loutf67180/
Lofft67179/
Loffe6771/
Loufs6719/
Loudf6712/
Louff679/
Lopfe676/
Loufe675/
Lofhs673/
Loftt673/
Lotfs672/
Loife671/
Louft671/
Lgoff671/
Hlouf671/
Louhf671/
Losfe671/
Lovfe671/
Lothf671/
Loevf671/
Lophf671/
Lyoff671/
Lhofe670/
Lohfs670/
Lhopf670/

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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 Loof
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