How common is the surname Loar?

2,107 people in the United States had the surname Loar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 146,533 Americans. It ranked 14,233rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Loar getting more or less common?

More common. 2,024 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,107 in 2010, up 4.1%.

The surname Loar

A surname, carried by 2,107 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Loar is more common than 91.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,107 people named Loar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 146,533 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,024.

#14,233

rank among US surnames

2,107

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+4.1%

change since 2000 (was #13,731)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,227	Kepner	2,108	146,464
#14,233	Gully	2,107	146,533
#14,238	Hassinger	2,106	146,603

Who is named Loar

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

91% of people named Loar identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Loar

Loar has the Soundex code L600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L600.

Questions

How common is the surname Loar?: 2,107 people in the United States had the surname Loar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 146,533 Americans. It ranked 14,233rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Loar?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Loar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Loar getting more or less common?: More common. 2,024 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,107 in 2010, up 4.1%.