Looha Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Looha Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Looha Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India81:95,883,173728,828
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622

Looha Last Name Facts

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

The surname Looha (Marathi: लोहा, Oriya: ଲୁହା) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Looha click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Looha? popularity and diffusion

The last name Looha is the 5,587,209th most frequent last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 83 percent of Looha are found; 75 percent are found in South Asia and 67 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.

The last name Looha is most common in India, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 95,883,173. In India it is most numerous in: Maharashtra, where 63 percent live and Odisha, where 38 percent live. Besides India this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 17 percent live and Pakistan, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lohoha9142/
Laoha80320/
Lohoa8020/
Looho803/
Loaoh801/
Lohao801/
Lohoua731,264/
Lahoha7311/
Lhaoha731/
Laohai731/
Loaooa731/
Laouoa731/
Laoa67186/
Loao67129/
Liaohai673/
Hlahoha671/
Louohou671/
Lohouap671/
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Looha Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Looha in the Oriya language
ଲୁହାluha-
Looha in the Marathi language
लोहाloha-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Looha
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