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    The surname Loughrey

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 827 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L260

    Loughrey: #28,777 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Loughrey #28,777, 827 people Loughrey: #28,777 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Loughrey #28,777, 827 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Loughrey is more common than 82.3% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Luachra (“descendant of Luachra”), a personal name derived from luachair (“light”).

    Loughrey 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 827 people named Loughrey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 373,332 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 788.

    #28,777
    rank among US surnames
    827
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.9%
    change since 2000 (was #28,489)

    Who is named Loughrey

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

    96% of people named Loughrey identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as two or more races and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Laughery
    • Loghry
    • Loughery
    • Loughry

    Surnames that sound like Loughrey

    Loughrey has the Soundex code L260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L260.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Loughrey come from?
    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Luachra (“descendant of Luachra”), a personal name derived from luachair (“light”).
    How common is the surname Loughrey?
    827 people in the United States had the surname Loughrey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 373,332 Americans. It ranked 28,777th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Loughrey?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Loughrey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as two or more races.
    What type of surname is Loughrey?
    Loughrey is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Loughrey getting more or less common?
    More common. 788 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 827 in 2010, up 4.9%.
    What are other spellings of Loughrey?
    Laughery, Loghry, Loughery and Loughry.