Los Surname

34,850th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,197 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Los Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Los Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine6,2201:7,319838
Netherlands2,2951:7,358876
United States1,4951:242,44723,140
Russia1,4501:99,39512,258
Brazil3821:560,40420,967
Belarus3681:25,8184,413
Canada3341:110,31611,818
Czechia2951:36,0465,912
Poland2921:130,16719,088
Cambodia2781:55,7091,908
Papua New Guinea2301:35,4514,212
England1961:284,27622,043
Greece1361:81,46913,757
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Israel1201:71,3148,782
Germany1071:752,38756,374
Australia1041:259,57423,725
Indonesia871:1,520,106102,006
DR Congo621:1,191,60673,277
South Africa541:1,003,29161,925
Spain461:1,016,34937,676
Sweden451:218,81715,158
France361:1,845,076161,051
Malaysia361:819,28437,745
Switzerland351:234,65519,741
Norway261:197,78022,769
Kyrgyzstan261:229,71721,940
Italy261:2,352,18093,058
Taiwan251:937,7906,555
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Uzbekistan221:1,405,87025,726
Belgium211:547,45951,586
Kazakhstan201:884,12554,571
Thailand201:3,531,917315,217
Mexico131:9,548,17038,962
Philippines131:7,787,556197,164
India121:63,922,115578,870
China111:124,301,9616,553
Scotland81:669,22723,443
Transnistria71:67,8149,165
Argentina61:7,123,902190,047
Pakistan51:35,728,777102,388
Peru51:6,356,82538,776
Lithuania51:606,91821,375
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Turkmenistan41:1,372,2786,164
Azerbaijan41:2,412,28025,948
Lebanon41:1,409,27119,641
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Slovakia31:1,778,817104,392
Georgia31:1,248,51528,066
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Yemen21:13,212,64740,633
Cuba21:5,761,35813,825
North Macedonia21:1,050,73626,362
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Abkhazia11:242,8655,354
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Macau11:601,6301,582
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Dominica11:75,891912
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Monaco11:37,0664,748
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

The alternate forms: Loş (350), Lós (95) & Loš (50) are calculated separately.

Los (1,359) may also be a first name.

Los Last Name Facts

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

The surname Los (Georgian: ლოს, Hindi: लोस, Marathi: लोस, Oriya: େଲାସ, Russian: Лось) is most common in Ukraine. It can also appear in the variant forms: Loş, Lós or Loš. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Los? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 34,850th most common family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 479,538 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 74 percent of Los live; 55 percent live in Eastern Europe and 51 percent live in East Slavic Europe. Los is also the 212,690th most frequent forename on earth. It is borne by 1,359 people.

The surname Los is most frequent in Ukraine, where it is carried by 6,220 people, or 1 in 7,319. In Ukraine it is primarily concentrated in: Zhytomyr Oblast, where 15 percent are found, Chernihiv Oblast, where 13 percent are found and Zaporizhia Oblast, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Ukraine Los is found in 92 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 15 percent are found and The United States, where 10 percent are found.

Los Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Los has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Los surname expanded 13,591 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 19,600 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Los Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Los surname is primarily Orthodox (82%) in Russia, Orthodox (82%) in Belarus, Orthodox (100%) in Kazakhstan, Evangelical (67%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (81%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Los last name are 3.91% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 42.86% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Los earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 66.68% more than the national average, earning 576,832 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 65.98% more than the national average, earning R 394,428 per year; in United States they earn 5.52% more than the national average, earning $45,531 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.81% less than the national average, earning $48,783 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Loş89350/
Lós8995/
Loš8950/
Loos8629,404/
Lois8610,100/
Loss867,799/
Lose863,610/
Losh862,363/
Loes861,769/
Lots861,503/
Lods861,030/
Lous86848/
Lohs86581/
Lios86535/
Loïs86490/
Loys86388/
Losz86127/
Lost86104/
Llos8641/
Lyos8621/
Losj8616/
Hlos8610/
Luos866/
Lojs864/
Ločs863/
Losc862/
Losd862/
Lgos862/
Lozs862/
Loës862/
Loûs861/
Loÿs861/
Lhos861/
Loxs860/
Lo80302,664/
Loose7513,671/
Loots7511,170/
Losch755,532/
Lotts752,116/
Losse751,591/
Louys75973/
Louse75868/
Lhost75514/
Loise75476/
Llose75425/
Liose75406/
Loyst75337/
Loess75274/
Loshe75226/
Lohss75188/
Loeys75186/
Lhous75176/
Loods75126/
Loish75124/
Hlous75114/
Lotse7593/
Loush7592/
Lodts7586/
Loits7582/
Loosz7578/
Looss7556/
Loist7535/
Loisz7534/
Louts7533/
Loost7533/
Loysh7532/
Looys7523/
Lloys7521/
Louss7520/
Loust7519/
Loths7516/
Loesh7515/
Loehs7513/
Loyse7512/
Loyds7511/
Louhs7511/
Lhots7510/
Los'e758/
Llois758/
Losth758/
Lohus757/
Loohs757/
Lousø756/
Hlios755/
Lhose755/
Loyts755/
Loosh754/
Glios754/
Hlose754/
Luose753/
Loiss753/
Louïs753/
Losst753/
Lojsz753/
Losce752/
Louds752/
Lgous752/
Louÿs752/
Lyose752/
Lyohs751/
Lohys751/
Loysz751/
Luoss751/
Losss751/
Loisd751/
Lohsh751/
Lohsz751/
Loijs751/
Loosd751/
Loëss751/
Loïse751/
Llots751/
Liosh751/
Lotss750/
Loids750/
Lodse750/
Luo6714,714,385/
Lou67845,855/
Loh6791,544/
Loo6754,347/
Loi6738,016/
Loy6732,104/
Loc6717,536/
Las6717,389/
Lot6715,517/
Lio6711,281/
Loa679,955/
Loz679,438/
Lod672,316/
Lus671,941/
Lop671,557/
Lho67445/
Lox67402/
Loß67395/
Losche67390/
Losová67385/
Loj67293/
Hlotse67289/
Lyo67272/
Lloyds67246/
Loodts67223/
Lousse67189/
Lhouss67172/
Lotshe67115/
Loisch67108/
Loisse6797/
Lohysh6797/
Loosch6789/
Loysch6785/
Lhoist6784/
Looijs6783/
Losowa6777/
Hlo6759/
Llo6751/
Loç6749/
Losova6743/
Lousch6738/
Lhoëst6736/
Loidts6732/
Loshch6727/
Lloyst6725/
Lgo6725/
L'Host6724/
Lhoost6724/
Lüs6719/
Loï6717/
Loosse6716/
Loushe6715/
Lousth6713/
Loutse6712/
Hloshe6712/
Louyse6711/
Lojsch6710/
D'Loss679/
Lás677/
Lohsse676/
Loë676/
Loutts673/
Liosse673/
Lož673/
Lloshe673/
Lhouse672/
L'Hois672/
Loå672/
Looyse672/
Luoszz671/
Loggis671/
Liotts671/
Loč671/
Lloysd671/
Lodsch671/
Lloose671/
Louijs671/
Loá671/
Loî671/
Loû671/
L'Goss671/
L'Hous671/
Luoshe671/
Loeijs671/
Loïsse671/
Loihse671/
Loissh671/
Loshse670/
Loosze670/
Loohse670/
Lauous670/
Lootts670/
Loszhe670/

Los Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Los in the Georgian language
ლოსlos-
Los in the Hindi language
लोसlosa-
Los in the Oriya language
େଲାସelasa-
Los in the Marathi language
लोसlosa70.59
लॉसlosa29.41
Los in the Russian language
Лосьlos-

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Los
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