How common is the surname Loi?

1,357 people in the United States had the surname Loi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 227,521 Americans. It ranked 19,814th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Loi?

Livio Loi, Belgian motorcycle racer.

Where is the surname Loi most common?

Wikidata records people named Loi in Belgium.

Is the surname Loi getting more or less common?

More common. 985 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,357 in 2010, up 38%.

The surname Loi

A surname, carried by 1,357 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Loi is more common than 87.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,357 people named Loi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 227,521 Americans. That is up 38% since 2000, when the Census counted 985.

#19,814

rank among US surnames

1,357

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+37.8%

change since 2000 (was #23,922)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,814	Eckler	1,357	227,521
#19,823	Zaki	1,356	227,688

Who is named Loi

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

89% of people named Loi identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 6.2% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 89%
White (not Hispanic) 6.2%
Two or more races 2.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Famous Lois

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Livio Loi
Belgian motorcycle racer, born 1997

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Loi

Loi 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 Loi?: 1,357 people in the United States had the surname Loi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 227,521 Americans. It ranked 19,814th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Loi?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Loi identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 6.2% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Loi?: Livio Loi, Belgian motorcycle racer.
Where is the surname Loi most common?: Wikidata records people named Loi in Belgium.
Is the surname Loi getting more or less common?: More common. 985 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,357 in 2010, up 38%.