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    The surname Loney

    A surname, carried by 3,624 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L500

    Loney: #9,023 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Loney #9,023, 3,624 people Loney: #9,023 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Loney #9,023, 3,624 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Loney is more common than 94.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,624 people named Loney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 85,195 Americans. That is up 6.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,405.

    #9,023
    rank among US surnames
    3,624
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.4%
    change since 2000 (was #8,848)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,017Garwood3,62685,148
    #9,020Stonge3,62585,171
    #9,023Lua3,62485,195
    #9,025Partlow3,62385,218
    #9,026Batt3,62285,242
    #9,027Baptista3,62185,265
    #9,029Barthel3,62085,289

    Who is named Loney

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

    77% of people named Loney identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 77%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 17%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Loneys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • James Loney
      American baseball player, born 1984

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Loney

    Loney has the Soundex code L500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Loney?
    3,624 people in the United States had the surname Loney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 85,195 Americans. It ranked 9,023rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Loney?
    In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Loney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Loney?
    James Loney, American baseball player.
    Where is the surname Loney most common?
    Wikidata records people named Loney in the United States.
    Is the surname Loney getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,405 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,624 in 2010, up 6.4%.