Looyens Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Looyens Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 65 | 1:176,871 | 23,883 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Looyens Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Looyens Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Looyens occurs in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Looyens click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Looyens? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,293,424th most common surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Looyens live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 90 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most commonly held in Belgium, where it is carried by 65 people, or 1 in 176,871. In Belgium it is mostly found in: Flemish Region, where 94 percent live and Walloon Region, where 6 percent live. Excluding Belgium this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 1 percent live and The Netherlands, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loyens | 92 | 995 | / |
| Loowens | 86 | 2 | / |
| Loens | 83 | 193 | / |
| Loyns | 83 | 118 | / |
| Lyens | 83 | 30 | / |
| Looijens | 80 | 5 | / |
| Leyens | 77 | 595 | / |
| Lowens | 77 | 150 | / |
| Layens | 77 | 79 | / |
| Luyens | 77 | 73 | / |
| Louens | 77 | 17 | / |
| Lohyns | 77 | 5 | / |
| Loyons | 77 | 2 | / |
| Lojens | 77 | 1 | / |
| Loyans | 77 | 0 | / |
| Leysens | 71 | 394 | / |
| Leytens | 71 | 228 | / |
| Luytens | 71 | 164 | / |
| L'Owens | 71 | 4 | / |
| Lojohns | 71 | 1 | / |
| Leioens | 71 | 1 | / |
| Luyense | 71 | 1 | / |
| Loggens | 71 | 1 | / |
| Laowens | 71 | 1 | / |
| Leins | 67 | 2,326 | / |
| Leyssens | 67 | 1,511 | / |
| Liens | 67 | 597 | / |
| Leens | 67 | 259 | / |
| Laens | 67 | 136 | / |
| Leyns | 67 | 87 | / |
| Loins | 67 | 39 | / |
| Leans | 67 | 28 | / |
| Layns | 67 | 22 | / |
| Louns | 67 | 10 | / |
| Luens | 67 | 3 | / |
| Loggions | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loenz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Layssens | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leuns | 67 | 0 | / |
| Lojns | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Looyens
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