How common is the surname Loy?

8,868 people in the United States had the surname Loy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,816 Americans. It ranked 4,006th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Loy?

In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Loy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Loy?

Myrna Loy, American actress (1905–1993).

Where is the surname Loy most common?

Wikidata records people named Loy in the United States.

Is the surname Loy getting more or less common?

More common. 8,729 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,868 in 2010, up 1.6%.

The surname Loy

A surname, carried by 8,868 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Loy is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,868 people named Loy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,816 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,729.

#4,006

rank among US surnames

8,868

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #3,730)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,002	Stubblefield	8,878	34,776
#4,004	Grabowski	8,877	34,780
#4,005	Vickery	8,874	34,792
#4,006	Loy	8,868	34,816

Who is named Loy

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

87% of people named Loy identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 4.7%
Two or more races 1.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Loys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Myrna Loy
American actress (1905–1993)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Loy

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

Questions

How common is the surname Loy?: 8,868 people in the United States had the surname Loy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,816 Americans. It ranked 4,006th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Loy?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Loy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Loy?: Myrna Loy, American actress (1905–1993).
Where is the surname Loy most common?: Wikidata records people named Loy in the United States.
Is the surname Loy getting more or less common?: More common. 8,729 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,868 in 2010, up 1.6%.