# Loria (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/loria/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,781 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,214 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 173,355 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.5% (1,737 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Luria |

## Etymology

Various origins: * Borrowed from Italian Loria, a variant of Lauria, a habitational surname. * Borrowed from Spanish Loría, a surname predominantly found in Costa Rica. * Borrowed from Hebrew לוריא, a Jewish habitational surname from the town of Loria, in Italy.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Loria in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 66% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 24% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 7.0% |

## Similar surnames

Loera, Lor, Lora, Lohr, Lore, Lauria, Lowrie, Loar, Lorah, Lara, Lowery, Lowry.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.