O'Loan Surname

582,776th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 538 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Northern Ireland
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

O'Loan Surname Definition:

Ó Luain The principal sept of this name is that of Oriel. The form Lamb(e), which results from a more than usually absurd pseudo-translation, is now much more numerous than O’Loan; but some Lambes are of English descent.

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O'Loan Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Northern Ireland2351:7,8511,336
Australia871:310,29526,919
Ireland731:64,5064,193
Scotland421:127,4727,985
Canada371:995,82774,831
New Zealand361:125,78715,451
England281:1,989,93178,001
United States101:36,245,893832,629
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
France11:66,422,722504,397
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1051:42,1893,787
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

O'Loan Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Ó Luain The principal sept of this name is that of Oriel. The form Lamb(e), which results from a more than usually absurd pseudo-translation, is now much more numerous than O’Loan; but some Lambes are of English descent. MIF 163; Map Mon

— A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght
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O'Loan Demographics

O'Loan Religious Adherence
in Ireland

Sample size: 105 (1901)

Religious Adherence
in Ireland

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O'Loan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name O'Loan Come From? nationality or country of origin

O'Loan is found most frequently in Northern Ireland. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of O'Loan.

How Common Is The Last Name O'Loan? popularity and diffusion

O'Loan is the 582,776th most commonly held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 13,545,624 people. The last name O'Loan is primarily found in Europe, where 71 percent of O'Loan live; 70 percent live in Northern Europe and 70 percent live in British Isles.

The last name is most numerous in Northern Ireland, where it is borne by 235 people, or 1 in 7,851. Beside Northern Ireland this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 16 percent live and Ireland, where 14 percent live.

O'Loan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of O'Loan has changed over time. In Ireland the number of people bearing the O'Loan last name decreased 30 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 4,200 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 333 percent between 1880 and 2014.

O'Loan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the O'Loan surname is chiefly Catholic (85%) in Ireland.

O'Loan earn notably less less than the average income. In Canada they earn 15.49% less than the national average, earning $41,989 CAD per year.

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