Looley Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Looley Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 22 | 1:201,358 | 9,557 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 22 | 1:2,282,667 | 111,005 |
Looley Demographics
Looley Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Looley Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Looley Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Looley is most common in Nigeria. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Looley? popularity and diffusion
The last name Looley is the 4,908,606th most frequent last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 88 percent of Looley reside; 88 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Looley is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Rivers, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Looley exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent reside.
Looley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Looley has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Looley surname declined 91 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Looley Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Looley surname is chiefly Catholic (77%) in Ireland.
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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 Looley
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