Loïs Surname
Approximately 490 people bear this surname
Loïs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 481 | 1:28,258 | 3,335 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
The alternate forms: Lois (10,100), Loiš (25) & Lóis (4) are calculated separately.
Loïs (579) may also be a first name.
Loïs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Loïs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Loïs occurs in Chad more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Lois, Loiš or Lóis. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Loïs? popularity and diffusion
The last name Loïs is the 625,459th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 14,872,543 people. Loïs occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Loïs reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Loïs is also the 348,009th most commonly used given name throughout the world, held by 579 people.
The last name is most widespread in Chad, where it is borne by 481 people, or 1 in 28,258. Outside of Chad Loïs occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in France, where 2 percent reside and Brazil, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lois | 92 | 10,100 | / |
| Louïs | 89 | 3 | / |
| Loïse | 89 | 1 | / |
| Los | 86 | 15,197 | / |
| Loï | 86 | 17 | / |
| Loiš | 83 | 25 | / |
| Lóis | 83 | 4 | / |
| Loïsse | 80 | 1 | / |
| Loos | 75 | 29,404 | / |
| Loss | 75 | 7,799 | / |
| Lose | 75 | 3,610 | / |
| Losh | 75 | 2,363 | / |
| Lots | 75 | 1,503 | / |
| Loïc | 75 | 1,162 | / |
| Lods | 75 | 1,030 | / |
| Lous | 75 | 848 | / |
| Lohs | 75 | 581 | / |
| Lios | 75 | 535 | / |
| Loys | 75 | 388 | / |
| Losz | 75 | 127 | / |
| Lost | 75 | 104 | / |
| Llos | 75 | 41 | / |
| Lyos | 75 | 21 | / |
| Losj | 75 | 16 | / |
| Hlos | 75 | 10 | / |
| Luos | 75 | 6 | / |
| Lojs | 75 | 4 | / |
| Ločs | 75 | 3 | / |
| Losc | 75 | 2 | / |
| Losd | 75 | 2 | / |
| Lgos | 75 | 2 | / |
| Lozs | 75 | 2 | / |
| Loës | 75 | 2 | / |
| Loïx | 75 | 2 | / |
| Louï | 75 | 1 | / |
| Loïa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Loûs | 75 | 1 | / |
| Loÿs | 75 | 1 | / |
| Laïs | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lhos | 75 | 1 | / |
| Loxs | 75 | 0 | / |
| Lo | 67 | 302,664 | / |
| Loose | 67 | 13,671 | / |
| Loots | 67 | 11,170 | / |
| Losch | 67 | 5,532 | / |
| Lotts | 67 | 2,116 | / |
| Losse | 67 | 1,591 | / |
| Louse | 67 | 868 | / |
| Lhost | 67 | 514 | / |
| Loise | 67 | 476 | / |
| Llose | 67 | 425 | / |
| Liose | 67 | 406 | / |
| Loyst | 67 | 337 | / |
| Loshe | 67 | 226 | / |
| Lohss | 67 | 188 | / |
| Lhous | 67 | 176 | / |
| Loods | 67 | 126 | / |
| Loish | 67 | 124 | / |
| Hlous | 67 | 114 | / |
| Lotse | 67 | 93 | / |
| Loush | 67 | 92 | / |
| Lodts | 67 | 86 | / |
| Loits | 67 | 82 | / |
| Loosz | 67 | 78 | / |
| Looss | 67 | 56 | / |
| Loist | 67 | 35 | / |
| Loisz | 67 | 34 | / |
| Louts | 67 | 33 | / |
| Loost | 67 | 33 | / |
| Loysh | 67 | 32 | / |
| Looys | 67 | 23 | / |
| Lloys | 67 | 21 | / |
| Louss | 67 | 20 | / |
| Loust | 67 | 19 | / |
| Loths | 67 | 16 | / |
| Loyse | 67 | 12 | / |
| Loyds | 67 | 11 | / |
| Louhs | 67 | 11 | / |
| Lhots | 67 | 10 | / |
| Los'e | 67 | 8 | / |
| Llois | 67 | 8 | / |
| Losth | 67 | 8 | / |
| Lohus | 67 | 7 | / |
| Loohs | 67 | 7 | / |
| Lousø | 67 | 6 | / |
| Hlios | 67 | 5 | / |
| Lhose | 67 | 5 | / |
| Loyts | 67 | 5 | / |
| Loosh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Glios | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hlose | 67 | 4 | / |
| Luose | 67 | 3 | / |
| Loiss | 67 | 3 | / |
| Losst | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lojsz | 67 | 3 | / |
| Losce | 67 | 2 | / |
| Louds | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lgous | 67 | 2 | / |
| Louÿs | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lyose | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lyohs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lohys | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loysz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luoss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Losss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loisd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lohsh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lohsz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loijs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loosd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loëss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Llots | 67 | 1 | / |
| Laïss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Liosh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lotss | 67 | 0 | / |
| Loids | 67 | 0 | / |
| Lodse | 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
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- 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 Loïs
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