How common is the surname Loughran?

2,937 people in the United States had the surname Loughran in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,123 Americans. It ranked 10,844th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Loughran?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Loughran identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Loughran?

Jonathan Loughran, American actor, followed by Tommy Loughran.

Where is the surname Loughran most common?

Wikidata records people named Loughran in the United States.

Is the surname Loughran getting more or less common?

More common. 2,557 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,937 in 2010, up 15%.

The surname Loughran

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 2,937 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L265

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Loughran is more common than 93.3% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Luchaireáin (“descendant of Luchaireán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive form of luchair (“radiant, glittering”).

Loughran 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 2,937 people named Loughran in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 105,123 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,557.

#10,844

rank among US surnames

2,937

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+14.9%

change since 2000 (was #11,333)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,835	Woolridge	2,939	105,051
#10,837	Menon	2,938	105,087
#10,844	Fedor	2,937	105,123
#10,847	Enlow	2,936	105,159
#10,851	Henriksen	2,935	105,194

Who is named Loughran

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

95% of people named Loughran identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Loughrans

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jonathan Loughran
American actor, born 1966
Tommy Loughran
American boxer (1902–1982)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Loran

Surnames that sound like Loughran

Loran

Loughran has the Soundex code L265, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L265.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Loughran come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Luchaireáin (“descendant of Luchaireán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive form of luchair (“radiant, glittering”).
How common is the surname Loughran?: 2,937 people in the United States had the surname Loughran in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,123 Americans. It ranked 10,844th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Loughran?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Loughran identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Loughran?: Jonathan Loughran, American actor, followed by Tommy Loughran.
Where is the surname Loughran most common?: Wikidata records people named Loughran in the United States.
What type of surname is Loughran?: Loughran is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Loughran getting more or less common?: More common. 2,557 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,937 in 2010, up 15%.
What are other spellings of Loughran?: Loran.