Loose Surname
Approximately 13,671 people bear this surname
Loose 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.
Read More About This SurnameLoose Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 6,392 | 1:12,595 | 1,631 |
| United States | 3,217 | 1:112,670 | 12,212 |
| Brazil | 1,190 | 1:179,894 | 6,945 |
| Belgium | 436 | 1:26,368 | 4,183 |
| England | 406 | 1:137,237 | 13,423 |
| Argentina | 370 | 1:115,523 | 9,749 |
| Netherlands | 305 | 1:55,368 | 9,518 |
| France | 278 | 1:238,931 | 37,046 |
| Poland | 203 | 1:187,235 | 25,479 |
| Canada | 196 | 1:187,988 | 18,553 |
| Australia | 145 | 1:186,177 | 18,652 |
| New Zealand | 54 | 1:83,858 | 11,975 |
| Denmark | 51 | 1:110,681 | 10,317 |
| Wales | 42 | 1:73,679 | 6,340 |
| South Africa | 38 | 1:1,425,729 | 75,291 |
| Norway | 35 | 1:146,922 | 18,432 |
| Switzerland | 35 | 1:234,655 | 19,741 |
| Ecuador | 35 | 1:454,453 | 10,445 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Scotland | 26 | 1:205,916 | 10,908 |
| Mexico | 26 | 1:4,774,085 | 28,474 |
| India | 25 | 1:30,682,615 | 377,978 |
| Iran | 24 | 1:3,199,272 | 94,565 |
| Sweden | 21 | 1:468,893 | 33,666 |
| Thailand | 16 | 1:4,414,897 | 343,519 |
| Spain | 13 | 1:3,596,310 | 69,669 |
| Czechia | 11 | 1:966,679 | 76,885 |
| Jersey | 7 | 1:14,172 | 2,872 |
| Austria | 7 | 1:1,216,491 | 80,919 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Liechtenstein | 2 | 1:19,189 | 1,439 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 293 | 1:83,192 | 8,844 |
| Scotland | 10 | 1:374,322 | 10,959 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 705 | 1:71,232 | 7,655 |
Loose (75) may also be a first name.
Loose 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.
(English) belonging to Loose (Kent, &c.) [perh. the pl. of Old English hleów, a shelter, refuge, if not the Old English hlós-, which seems to have denoted an animal-enclosure: cp. West. Dialectal looze, a pig-sty]
(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.
From Los, Normandy. Robert de Los, 1219 (Mem. Soc. Ant. Norm. v.). Hugh de Luxa, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).
A location name in Kent Or from the Dutch, Loose, Loos; from the Flemish, Loze; personal name Luse in Roll of Battell Abbey. Lewes in the Domesday Book, (?).
Loose Demographics
Average Male Loose Height
177.19 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Loose Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Loose Come From? nationality or country of origin
Loose (Arabic: لووس, Hindi: लूसे) is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Loose? popularity and diffusion
It is the 38,470th most widely held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 533,066 people. Loose occurs predominantly in Europe, where 61 percent of Loose live; 55 percent live in Western Europe and 52 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,116,575th most widespread forename internationally, borne by 75 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Germany, where it is held by 6,392 people, or 1 in 12,595. In Germany Loose is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 23 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 13 percent reside and Saxony, where 11 percent reside. Beside Germany this surname is found in 55 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 24 percent reside and Brazil, where 9 percent reside.
Loose Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Loose has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 456 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 139 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 260 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 200 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Loose Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Loose surname are 21.42% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 68.19% being registered with the party.
The amount Loose earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 7.39% more than the national average, earning 371,660 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 28.93% more than the national average, earning R 306,396 per year; in United States they earn 3.36% more than the national average, earning $44,599 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.75% less than the national average, earning $47,322 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Loose Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Loose in the Hindi language | ||
| लूसे | luse | - |
| Loose in the Arabic language | ||
| لووس | lwws | - |
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