Loos Surname

18,741st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29,404 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Belgium

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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Loos Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany12,8861:6,248759
United States5,8781:61,6647,227
Belgium2,8811:3,991426
Netherlands2,5211:6,699760
France1,2871:51,6116,776
Brazil8261:259,1709,969
Austria5501:15,4832,298
Russia4931:292,33930,112
Canada3701:99,58310,815
Argentina2821:151,57212,809
Estonia2151:6,148701
Australia1861:145,13815,497
Czechia1691:62,92010,527
Luxembourg971:5,985883
Switzerland891:92,28010,121
Spain691:677,56630,057
South Africa621:873,83457,209
Poland621:613,04455,163
England561:994,96549,531
Ukraine551:827,68582,321
Thailand551:1,284,334183,539
Sweden491:200,95413,911
New Zealand371:122,38715,192
Chile301:587,21614,299
Hungary171:577,42834,558
Ireland131:362,22614,761
Kazakhstan121:1,473,54175,349
United Arab Emirates121:763,52325,625
Serbia111:649,54122,440
Aruba91:11,4971,511
Croatia91:469,84536,710
Sri Lanka91:2,312,0629,186
Philippines91:11,248,691221,039
Norway91:571,36544,190
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
Finland51:1,099,34045,512
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
China31:455,773,85521,925
Montenegro31:213,1886,121
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Slovakia31:1,778,817104,392
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Greece31:3,693,263126,191
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England211:1,160,73243,748
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7421:67,6807,344

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.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(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.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A parish in Kent.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

1. From Loose, near Staplehurst, Kent. 2. Same as Luce, which see.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Loose8913,671/
Loots8911,170/
Loods89126/
Loosz8978/
Looss8956/
Loost8933/
Looys8923/
Loohs897/
Loosh894/
Loosd891/
Loo8654,347/
Los8615,197/
Loodts80223/
Loosch8089/
Looijs8083/
Lhoost8024/
Loosse8016/
Looyse802/
Lloose801/
Loosze800/
Loohse800/
Lootts800/
Lois7510,100/
Loss757,799/
Loop754,320/
Lood753,623/
Lose753,610/
Losh752,363/
Loes751,769/
Lots751,503/
Looc751,441/
Lods751,030/
Lous75848/
Loot75795/
Looy75735/
Lohs75581/
Lios75535/
Loïs75490/
Looz75402/
Loys75388/
Looß75221/
Losz75127/
Lost75104/
Llos7541/
Looe7537/
Loox7523/
Lyos7521/
Losj7516/
Hlos7510/
Lloo759/
Luos756/
Lojs754/
Ločs753/
Losc752/
Looa752/
Looj752/
Losd752/
Lgos752/
Lozs752/
Loës752/
Loûs751/
Loÿs751/
Lhoo751/
Lgoo751/
Lhos751/
Hloo751/
Loxs750/
Loosová73178/
L'Hoost7391/
Looijse736/
Loosova732/
Lo67302,664/
Losch675,532/
Lotts672,116/
Losse671,591/
Louys67973/
Louse67868/
Looij67761/
Lhost67514/
Loise67476/
Llose67425/
Liose67406/
Loyst67337/
Loess67274/
Loshe67226/
Lohss67188/
Loeys67186/
Lhous67176/
Loish67124/
Hlous67114/
Lotse6793/
Loush6792/
Lodts6786/
Loorz6785/
Loits6782/
Looch6770/
Loodh6759/
Loist6735/
Loisz6734/
Louts6733/
Loysh6732/
Lloys6721/
Louss6720/
Loust6719/
Loodt6717/
Loths6716/
Loesh6715/
Looyd6715/
Loehs6713/
Loyse6712/
Loyds6711/
Louhs6711/
Lhots6710/
Los'e678/
Looie678/
Llois678/
Losth678/
L'Goo678/
L'Loo678/
Lohus677/
Looszová677/
Loohß676/
Lousø676/
Hlios675/
Lhose675/
Loyts675/
L'Hoo674/
Glios674/
Hlose674/
Luoou674/
Luose673/
Loiss673/
Louïs673/
Losst673/
Lojsz673/
Losce672/
Louds672/
Lgous672/
D'Loo672/
Looße672/
Louÿs672/
Lyose672/
Lyohs671/
Loott671/
Lohys671/
Loysz671/
Llooy671/
Luoss671/
Losss671/
Loisd671/
Lohsh671/
Lohsz671/
Loijs671/
Lloot671/
Looszova671/
Loohd671/
Loëss671/
Loïse671/
Llots671/
Hlooe671/
Liosh671/
Loodz671/
Loooo671/
Loohy670/
Lotss670/
Loids670/
Lodse670/

Loos Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Loos in the Georgian language
ლოოსloos-
Loos in the Russian language
Лоосloos-

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