Looft Surname

341,803rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,074 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Looft Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Looft Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany6411:125,59415,334
United States3391:1,069,20077,954
Sweden501:196,93513,646
Denmark261:217,10417,438
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
England21:27,859,030389,889
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States411:1,224,84668,768

Looft Last Name Facts

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

The last name Looft is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Looft? popularity and diffusion

The last name Looft is the 341,803rd most prevalent last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 6,785,425 people. The last name Looft is primarily found in Europe, where 67 percent of Looft are found; 60 percent are found in Western Europe and 60 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Looft is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 641 people, or 1 in 125,594. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 73 percent are found, Hamburg, where 7 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany this last name occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 32 percent are found and Sweden, where 5 percent are found.

Looft Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Looft has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Looft last name expanded 827 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Looft Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Looft are 37.65% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 84.42% registered to vote for the party.

Looft earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 5.13% more than the national average, earning $45,361 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Loof892,615/
Loft891,926/
Lofts801,793/
Lofft80179/
Looff80142/
Loofe80116/
Lofte8061/
Loofs8042/
Loftz8012/
Loftt803/
Hloof802/
Louft801/
Loowf801/
Loeft800/
Lof751,646/
Loftås7389/
Loufte733/
Loftts731/
Loftte730/
Loffts730/
Lotf6717,584/
Luft6716,757/
Loff673,446/
Louf67902/
Lohf67399/
Loov67360/
Lofe67278/
Loob67225/
Lüft67160/
Laft6734/
Lofh6722/
Loif6718/
Loow6715/
Loyf6710/
Lowt677/
Lofs675/
Lobt674/
Lopf673/
Lodf672/
Lovf671/
Lovt671/
Lowf671/
Lotv671/
Llof671/
Lofz671/
Lofp671/
Liof670/

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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
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  • 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 Looft
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