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    The surname Loa

    A surname, carried by 1,087 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈloʊ.ə/ 1 syllable Soundex L000

    Loa: #23,397 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Loa #23,397, 1,087 people Loa: #23,397 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Loa #23,397, 1,087 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Loa is more common than 85.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,087 people named Loa in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 284,035 Americans. That is up 35% since 2000, when the Census counted 807.

    #23,397
    rank among US surnames
    1,087
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +34.7%
    change since 2000 (was #27,970)

    Who is named Loa

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    73% of people named Loa identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 14% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 7.6% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 73%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 14%
    • White (not Hispanic) 7.6%
    • Two or more races 4.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Loa

    Loa has the Soundex code L000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L000.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Loa?
    1,087 people in the United States had the surname Loa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 284,035 Americans. It ranked 23,397th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Loa?
    In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Loa identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 14% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    How do you pronounce Loa?
    Loa is /ˈloʊ.ə/, one syllable.
    Is the surname Loa getting more or less common?
    More common. 807 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,087 in 2010, up 35%.