How common is the surname Loran?

617 people in the United States had the surname Loran in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 500,398 Americans. It ranked 36,286th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Loran?

In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Loran identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Loran getting more or less common?

Less common. 655 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 617 in 2010, down 5.8%.

The surname Loran

A Catalan surname, carried by 617 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Loran is more common than 77.6% of them.

Origin

Catalan origin

Two main origins: * A variant of the Irish surname Loughran. * Borrowed from Catalan Lorán, a surname popular in Venezuela.

One of 39 Catalan surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 617 people named Loran in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 500,398 Americans. That is down 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 655.

#36,286

rank among US surnames

617

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-5.8%

change since 2000 (was #32,984)

Who is named Loran

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

62% of people named Loran identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 5.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 62%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 25%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 4.0%
Two or more races 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Loran

Loran has the Soundex code L650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L650.

Other Catalan surnames

All 39 Catalan surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Loran come from?: Two main origins: * A variant of the Irish surname Loughran. * Borrowed from Catalan Lorán, a surname popular in Venezuela.
How common is the surname Loran?: 617 people in the United States had the surname Loran in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 500,398 Americans. It ranked 36,286th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Loran?: In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Loran identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Loran getting more or less common?: Less common. 655 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 617 in 2010, down 5.8%.