Looms Surname

806,178th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 347 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Looms Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Looms Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1521:366,56626,048
Wales471:65,8415,810
United States251:14,498,357517,445
Netherlands241:703,63256,027
New Zealand241:188,68019,801
Pakistan201:8,932,19445,447
Australia181:1,499,76175,721
Malaysia131:2,268,78789,138
Denmark91:627,19136,734
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1461:166,95514,226
Wales131:120,6475,000
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Looms Last Name Facts

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

The surname Looms is most common in England. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Looms? popularity and diffusion

It is the 806,178th most prevalent family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 21,001,573 people. The last name Looms is mostly found in Europe, where 67 percent of Looms live; 60 percent live in Northern Europe and 57 percent live in British Isles.

The surname Looms is most prevalent in England, where it is borne by 152 people, or 1 in 366,566. In England it is mostly found in: Warwickshire, where 20 percent are found, Greater Manchester, where 16 percent are found and Leicestershire, where 16 percent are found. Apart from England this surname exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in Wales, where 14 percent are found and The United States, where 7 percent are found.

Looms Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Looms has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Looms surname grew 104 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 362 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 1,250 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Looms Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Looms surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% registered with the party.

Looms earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 32.61% more than the national average, earning $57,221 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Loms89225/
Loomnss831/
Loons8040/
Lomås8024/
Lomsø806/
Lyoms804/
Loems802/
Lomms801/
Lohms801/
Lioms801/
Lomse801/
Loums800/
Loonse731/
Lotims731/
Lootens672,474/
Lams671,207/
Lons67306/
Lums6735/
Lomsche675/
Loosens671/
Lochims671/
Lomz670/

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Looms Reference & Research

Loomis DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Loomis FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Looms
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