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    The surname Loya

    A surname, carried by 12,232 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L000

    Loya: #2,931 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Loya #2,931, 12,232 people Loya: #2,931 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Loya #2,931, 12,232 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Loya is more common than 98.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 12,232 people named Loya in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 25,241 Americans. That is up 23% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,929.

    #2,931
    rank among US surnames
    12,232
    people in 2010
    4.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +23.2%
    change since 2000 (was #3,309)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,922Ashton12,26325,177
    #2,924Begum12,25525,193
    #2,925Scarborough12,25225,200
    #2,926Dewey12,24925,206
    #2,927Alfonso12,24625,212
    #2,928Duggan12,23725,230
    #2,929Nadeau12,23625,233

    Who is named Loya

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

    88% of people named Loya identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 9.8% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 88%
    • White (not Hispanic) 9.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • Two or more races 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Loya

    Loya 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 Loya?
    12,232 people in the United States had the surname Loya in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,241 Americans. It ranked 2,931st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Loya?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Loya identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 9.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Loya getting more or less common?
    More common. 9,929 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,232 in 2010, up 23%.