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 borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Looley.
How Common Is The Last Name Looley? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,908,606th most widely held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname Looley is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Looley live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Looley is most prevalent 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. Beside Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent reside.
Looley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Looley has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Looley last name fell 91 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Looley Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Looley last name is predominantly 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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