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    The surname Looby

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 969 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L100

    Looby: #25,503 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Looby #25,503, 969 people Looby: #25,503 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Looby #25,503, 969 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Looby is more common than 84.3% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Lúbaigh (“descendant of Lúbach”), a byname originally applied to a cunning person, from lúbach (“looped, coiled; crafty, tricky”).

    Looby is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 969 people named Looby in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 318,623 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 949.

    #25,503
    rank among US surnames
    969
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.1%
    change since 2000 (was #24,663)

    Who is named Looby

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

    83% of people named Looby identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Loobys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Kurt Looby
      Antigua and Barbuda basketball player (born 1984)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Looby

    Looby has the Soundex code L100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L100.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Looby come from?
    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Lúbaigh (“descendant of Lúbach”), a byname originally applied to a cunning person, from lúbach (“looped, coiled; crafty, tricky”).
    How common is the surname Looby?
    969 people in the United States had the surname Looby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 318,623 Americans. It ranked 25,503rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Looby?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Looby identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Looby?
    Kurt Looby, Antigua and Barbuda basketball player (born 1984).
    Where is the surname Looby most common?
    Wikidata records people named Looby in Antigua and Barbuda.
    What type of surname is Looby?
    Looby is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Looby getting more or less common?
    More common. 949 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 969 in 2010, up 2.1%.