How common is the surname Loaiza?

2,854 people in the United States had the surname Loaiza in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 108,180 Americans. It ranked 11,114th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Loaiza?

Kali Uchis, American singer-songwriter (born 1994).

Where is the surname Loaiza most common?

Wikidata records people named Loaiza in the United States.

Is the surname Loaiza getting more or less common?

More common. 2,076 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,854 in 2010, up 38%.

The surname Loaiza

A Spanish surname, carried by 2,854 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex L200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Loaiza is more common than 93.2% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Loaiza, itself from Basque. This surname is mostly found in Colombia.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,854 people named Loaiza in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 108,180 Americans. That is up 38% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,076.

#11,114

rank among US surnames

2,854

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+37.5%

change since 2000 (was #13,451)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,109	Plyler	2,856	108,104
#11,111	Leis	2,855	108,142
#11,114	Loaiza	2,854	108,180
#11,116	Kalb	2,853	108,218
#11,118	Heitz	2,852	108,256
#11,122	Catanzaro	2,851	108,294

Who is named Loaiza

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

94% of people named Loaiza identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.7% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
White (not Hispanic) 4.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Two or more races 0.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Loaizas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kali Uchis
American singer-songwriter (born 1994)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Loayza

Surnames that sound like Loaiza

Loaiza has the Soundex code L200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L200.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Loaiza come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Loaiza, itself from Basque. This surname is mostly found in Colombia.
How common is the surname Loaiza?: 2,854 people in the United States had the surname Loaiza in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 108,180 Americans. It ranked 11,114th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Loaiza?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Loaiza identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.7% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Loaiza?: Kali Uchis, American singer-songwriter (born 1994).
Where is the surname Loaiza most common?: Wikidata records people named Loaiza in the United States.
Is the surname Loaiza getting more or less common?: More common. 2,076 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,854 in 2010, up 38%.
What are other spellings of Loaiza?: Loayza.