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    The surname Loose

    A surname, carried by 2,408 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex L200

    Loose: #12,807 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Loose #12,807, 2,408 people Loose: #12,807 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Loose #12,807, 2,408 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Loose is more common than 92.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,408 people named Loose in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 128,217 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,298.

    #12,807
    rank among US surnames
    2,408
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.8%
    change since 2000 (was #12,393)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,802Tanguay2,409128,163
    #12,807Loose2,408128,217
    #12,812Benard2,407128,270

    Who is named Loose

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

    96% of people named Loose identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Loose

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Loose?
    2,408 people in the United States had the surname Loose in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 128,217 Americans. It ranked 12,807th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Loose?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Loose identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Loose getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,298 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,408 in 2010, up 4.8%.