Loi is used as a family name or surname in Italy. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Loi
No. of characters: 3
Origin: Italy
Meaning: Italian name focused in Sardinia. It is considered a diminutive of Balloi, who is himself a Sardinian hypocoristic Salvatore name (= Savior). Another hypothesis is a diminutive of Eloy (= Eloi), first brought to Sardinia by the Catalans.

How popular is Loi?

Loi is common in Italy.

Loi is ranked 4906 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Lois grew by 37.7665 per cent to 1357 since 2000 and ranked 19814 after elevating 4108 spots. The last name was found in around 5 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 89.02 87.82
White 6.19 8.02
Others 2.87 2.64
Black 1.18 0.51
Hispanic or Latino 0.74 1.02
Loi is quite popular family name mostly used in Vietnam while Macau is ahead in terms of density. Around 111116 people have been found who wears Loi as their family name. Loi is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,340 Iceland6
3,904 Ivory Coast4
11,480 Japan4
67,494 South Africa3
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
24,766 Scotland2
24,269 Peru2
20,186 Kenya2
40,064 Nigeria2
21,929 Algeria2
6,266 Luxembourg2
5,443 Dominican Republic2
4,249 Cambodia1
49,101 Denmark1
14,618 Guyana1
2,057 Myanmar1
50,549 Georgia1
15,162 Costa Rica1
15,705 Cameroon1
7,314 Bolivia1
37,493 Austria1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
6,820 Angola1
174,544 Czech Republic1
846 American Samoa1
7,847 Albania1
25,721 Egypt1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
21,562 Portugal1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
12,270 Lebanon1
38,830 Morocco1
624 Solomon Islands1
7,895 South Korea1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
49,529 Israel1
20,172 Hungary1
14,644 Tunisia1
13,447 Uganda1
3,586 Honduras1
2,232 French Polynesia1
11,486 Estonia1
29,774 Venezuela1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
44,472 Spain46
1,198 China40
26,164 Sweden36
3,075 Cyprus34
3,873 Thailand24
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
14,048 Ireland16
26,722 New Zealand14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
10,122 Chile90
33,970 Netherlands66
Countries with hundreds of Loi:
15,276 Germany672
19,303 Brazil668
7,888 Tanzania620
505 Hong Kong605
11,525 England538
55,898 India518
7,230 Australia397
4,502 Greece393
12,363 Canada311
1,368 Taiwan232
6,031 Switzerland198
13,523 Belgium134
15,064 Romania125
40,399 Argentina119
27,127 Mexico105
Countries with thousands of Loi:
511 Malaysia7,083
3,445 Indonesia4,236
130 Papua New Guinea4,234
9,133 Philippines1,611
346 Singapore1,549
62 Macau1,530
21,193 United States1,503
7,209 France1,212
Countries with ten thousands of Loi:
125 Vietnam70,548
507 Italy11,522
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

35 years old laborer Luigi Loi who was residing in Italy migrated to New York on April 7, 1896 by Kaiser Wilhelm Ii put out from Genoa & Gibraltar. 19 years old Riccardo Loi, are other Loi that migrated to US.

Loi Namesakes

  • Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher, Lawyer
  • Adán Loizo, Soccer player
  • Adrián Lois, Soccer player
  • Auguste-Louis-Armand Loiseleur-Deslongchamps, Jean-Louis-Auguste Loiseleur-Deslongchamps' son
  • Andros Loizou, Author
  • Annabelle Loi, Actress
  • Anne-Catherine Loisier, Politician
  • Émilie Loit, Tennis player
  • Émilie Loit, Tennis player
  • Artem I. Loic, Singer

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