Loos Surname
Approximately 29,404 people bear this surname
Loos Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Loose,— a parish in Kent, near Maidstone, (a) Bapt. —the son of Lewis.' An imitative variant.
Edward Lewse, Glamorganshire, 1577: Register of the University of Oxford.
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| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 12,886 | 1:6,248 | 759 |
| United States | 5,878 | 1:61,664 | 7,227 |
| Belgium | 2,881 | 1:3,991 | 426 |
| Netherlands | 2,521 | 1:6,699 | 760 |
| France | 1,287 | 1:51,611 | 6,776 |
| Brazil | 826 | 1:259,170 | 9,969 |
| Austria | 550 | 1:15,483 | 2,298 |
| Russia | 493 | 1:292,339 | 30,112 |
| Canada | 370 | 1:99,583 | 10,815 |
| Argentina | 282 | 1:151,572 | 12,809 |
| Estonia | 215 | 1:6,148 | 701 |
| Australia | 186 | 1:145,138 | 15,497 |
| Czechia | 169 | 1:62,920 | 10,527 |
| Luxembourg | 97 | 1:5,985 | 883 |
| Switzerland | 89 | 1:92,280 | 10,121 |
| Spain | 69 | 1:677,566 | 30,057 |
| South Africa | 62 | 1:873,834 | 57,209 |
| Poland | 62 | 1:613,044 | 55,163 |
| England | 56 | 1:994,965 | 49,531 |
| Ukraine | 55 | 1:827,685 | 82,321 |
| Thailand | 55 | 1:1,284,334 | 183,539 |
| Sweden | 49 | 1:200,954 | 13,911 |
| New Zealand | 37 | 1:122,387 | 15,192 |
| Chile | 30 | 1:587,216 | 14,299 |
| Hungary | 17 | 1:577,428 | 34,558 |
| Ireland | 13 | 1:362,226 | 14,761 |
| Kazakhstan | 12 | 1:1,473,541 | 75,349 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Serbia | 11 | 1:649,541 | 22,440 |
| Aruba | 9 | 1:11,497 | 1,511 |
| Croatia | 9 | 1:469,845 | 36,710 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Philippines | 9 | 1:11,248,691 | 221,039 |
| Norway | 9 | 1:571,365 | 44,190 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Montenegro | 3 | 1:213,188 | 6,121 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 1:34,329 | 862 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 21 | 1:1,160,732 | 43,748 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 742 | 1:67,680 | 7,344 |
Loos (51) may also be a first name.
Loos Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Loose,— a parish in Kent, near Maidstone, (a) Bapt. —the son of Lewis.' An imitative variant.
Edward Lewse, Glamorganshire, 1577: Register of the University of Oxford.
(German, French, Dutch) One who came from Loose, Loosen, Loos, or Lohsa, in Germany; descendant of Laus, a pet form of Nicolaus (people’s victory); one who came from Loos, in France; the crafty or cunning person.
A parish in Kent.
1. From Loose, near Staplehurst, Kent. 2. Same as Luce, which see.
Loos Demographics
Average Male Loos Height
176.75 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Loos Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Loos Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Loos (Georgian: ლოოს, Russian: Лоос) is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Loos? popularity and diffusion
Loos is the 18,741st most widespread surname on earth, held by around 1 in 247,842 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 72 percent of Loos reside; 69 percent reside in Western Europe and 63 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,396,783rd most frequent first name in the world, held by 51 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Germany, where it is borne by 12,886 people, or 1 in 6,248. In Germany Loos is most common in: Bavaria, where 22 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 21 percent reside and Hesse, where 14 percent reside. Outside of Germany this surname exists in 72 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent reside and Belgium, where 10 percent reside.
Loos Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Loos has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Loos last name grew 792 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 267 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Loos Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Orthodox (96%) in Russia.
In The United States those bearing the Loos last name are 13.82% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.59% being registered with the political party.
The amount Loos earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 15.51% less than the national average, earning 292,390 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 58.09% more than the national average, earning R 375,684 per year; in United States they earn 7.28% more than the national average, earning $46,292 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.36% less than the national average, earning $47,516 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loose | 89 | 13,671 | / |
| Loots | 89 | 11,170 | / |
| Loods | 89 | 126 | / |
| Loosz | 89 | 78 | / |
| Looss | 89 | 56 | / |
| Loost | 89 | 33 | / |
| Looys | 89 | 23 | / |
| Loohs | 89 | 7 | / |
| Loosh | 89 | 4 | / |
| Loosd | 89 | 1 | / |
| Loo | 86 | 54,347 | / |
| Los | 86 | 15,197 | / |
| Loodts | 80 | 223 | / |
| Loosch | 80 | 89 | / |
| Looijs | 80 | 83 | / |
| Lhoost | 80 | 24 | / |
| Loosse | 80 | 16 | / |
| Looyse | 80 | 2 | / |
| Lloose | 80 | 1 | / |
| Loosze | 80 | 0 | / |
| Loohse | 80 | 0 | / |
| Lootts | 80 | 0 | / |
| Lois | 75 | 10,100 | / |
| Loss | 75 | 7,799 | / |
| Loop | 75 | 4,320 | / |
| Lood | 75 | 3,623 | / |
| Lose | 75 | 3,610 | / |
| Losh | 75 | 2,363 | / |
| Loes | 75 | 1,769 | / |
| Lots | 75 | 1,503 | / |
| Looc | 75 | 1,441 | / |
| Lods | 75 | 1,030 | / |
| Lous | 75 | 848 | / |
| Loot | 75 | 795 | / |
| Looy | 75 | 735 | / |
| Lohs | 75 | 581 | / |
| Lios | 75 | 535 | / |
| Loïs | 75 | 490 | / |
| Looz | 75 | 402 | / |
| Loys | 75 | 388 | / |
| Looß | 75 | 221 | / |
| Losz | 75 | 127 | / |
| Lost | 75 | 104 | / |
| Llos | 75 | 41 | / |
| Looe | 75 | 37 | / |
| Loox | 75 | 23 | / |
| Lyos | 75 | 21 | / |
| Losj | 75 | 16 | / |
| Hlos | 75 | 10 | / |
| Lloo | 75 | 9 | / |
| Luos | 75 | 6 | / |
| Lojs | 75 | 4 | / |
| Ločs | 75 | 3 | / |
| Losc | 75 | 2 | / |
| Looa | 75 | 2 | / |
| Looj | 75 | 2 | / |
| Losd | 75 | 2 | / |
| Lgos | 75 | 2 | / |
| Lozs | 75 | 2 | / |
| Loës | 75 | 2 | / |
| Loûs | 75 | 1 | / |
| Loÿs | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lhoo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lgoo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lhos | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hloo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Loxs | 75 | 0 | / |
| Loosová | 73 | 178 | / |
| L'Hoost | 73 | 91 | / |
| Looijse | 73 | 6 | / |
| Loosova | 73 | 2 | / |
| Lo | 67 | 302,664 | / |
| Losch | 67 | 5,532 | / |
| Lotts | 67 | 2,116 | / |
| Losse | 67 | 1,591 | / |
| Louys | 67 | 973 | / |
| Louse | 67 | 868 | / |
| Looij | 67 | 761 | / |
| Lhost | 67 | 514 | / |
| Loise | 67 | 476 | / |
| Llose | 67 | 425 | / |
| Liose | 67 | 406 | / |
| Loyst | 67 | 337 | / |
| Loess | 67 | 274 | / |
| Loshe | 67 | 226 | / |
| Lohss | 67 | 188 | / |
| Loeys | 67 | 186 | / |
| Lhous | 67 | 176 | / |
| Loish | 67 | 124 | / |
| Hlous | 67 | 114 | / |
| Lotse | 67 | 93 | / |
| Loush | 67 | 92 | / |
| Lodts | 67 | 86 | / |
| Loorz | 67 | 85 | / |
| Loits | 67 | 82 | / |
| Looch | 67 | 70 | / |
| Loodh | 67 | 59 | / |
| Loist | 67 | 35 | / |
| Loisz | 67 | 34 | / |
| Louts | 67 | 33 | / |
| Loysh | 67 | 32 | / |
| Lloys | 67 | 21 | / |
| Louss | 67 | 20 | / |
| Loust | 67 | 19 | / |
| Loodt | 67 | 17 | / |
| Loths | 67 | 16 | / |
| Loesh | 67 | 15 | / |
| Looyd | 67 | 15 | / |
| Loehs | 67 | 13 | / |
| Loyse | 67 | 12 | / |
| Loyds | 67 | 11 | / |
| Louhs | 67 | 11 | / |
| Lhots | 67 | 10 | / |
| Los'e | 67 | 8 | / |
| Looie | 67 | 8 | / |
| Llois | 67 | 8 | / |
| Losth | 67 | 8 | / |
| L'Goo | 67 | 8 | / |
| L'Loo | 67 | 8 | / |
| Lohus | 67 | 7 | / |
| Looszová | 67 | 7 | / |
| Loohß | 67 | 6 | / |
| Lousø | 67 | 6 | / |
| Hlios | 67 | 5 | / |
| Lhose | 67 | 5 | / |
| Loyts | 67 | 5 | / |
| L'Hoo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Glios | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hlose | 67 | 4 | / |
| Luoou | 67 | 4 | / |
| Luose | 67 | 3 | / |
| Loiss | 67 | 3 | / |
| Louïs | 67 | 3 | / |
| Losst | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lojsz | 67 | 3 | / |
| Losce | 67 | 2 | / |
| Louds | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lgous | 67 | 2 | / |
| D'Loo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Looße | 67 | 2 | / |
| Louÿs | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lyose | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lyohs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loott | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lohys | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loysz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Llooy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luoss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Losss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loisd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lohsh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lohsz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loijs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lloot | 67 | 1 | / |
| Looszova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loohd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loëss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loïse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Llots | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hlooe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Liosh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loodz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loooo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loohy | 67 | 0 | / |
| Lotss | 67 | 0 | / |
| Loids | 67 | 0 | / |
| Lodse | 67 | 0 | / |
Loos Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Loos in the Georgian language | ||
| ლოოს | loos | - |
| Loos in the Russian language | ||
| Лоос | loos | - |
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