How common is the surname Louie?

8,485 people in the United States had the surname Louie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,387 Americans. It ranked 4,175th of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Louie?

Louie is /ˈluː.i/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Louie getting more or less common?

More common. 8,071 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,485 in 2010, up 5.1%.

Is Louie also a first name?

Yes. Louie is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Louie

A surname, carried by 8,485 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈluː.i/ 2 syllables Soundex L000 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Louie is more common than 97.4% of them.

Origin

From Louis /Louise /Louisa + -ie.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,485 people named Louie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,387 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,071.

#4,175

rank among US surnames

8,485

people in 2010

2.9

per 100,000 Americans

+5.1%

change since 2000 (was #4,046)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,171	Paine	8,501	36,319
#4,172	Barboza	8,497	36,336
#4,173	Dayton	8,494	36,349
#4,175	Louie	8,485	36,387

Who is named Louie

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

79% of people named Louie identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 8.1% as white (not Hispanic) and 5.6% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 79%
White (not Hispanic) 8.1%
Two or more races 5.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5%

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Louie

Louie has the Soundex code L000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L000.

Questions

Where does the surname Louie come from?: From Louis /Louise /Louisa + -ie.
How common is the surname Louie?: 8,485 people in the United States had the surname Louie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,387 Americans. It ranked 4,175th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Louie?: In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Louie identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 8.1% as white (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Louie?: Louie is /ˈluː.i/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Louie getting more or less common?: More common. 8,071 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,485 in 2010, up 5.1%.
Is Louie also a first name?: Yes. Louie is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.