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
Looley is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Looley? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,908,606th most prevalent surname globally It is held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Looley reside; 88 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Looley is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria Looley is primarily found in: Rivers, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 13 percent reside.
Looley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Looley has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 91 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Looley Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally 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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