Looby is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Looby
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Looby

How popular is Looby?

Looby is common in United States.

Looby is ranked 155405 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Looby bearers increased by 2.107481 per cent in 2010 US census to 969 since 2000, the surname slipped by 840 spots and ranked at 25503. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 83.38 87.67
Black 11.97 9.27
Hispanic or Latino 3.51 1.69
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.72 0
Looby is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Antigua and Barbuda. Around 2402 people have been found who wears Looby as their family name. Looby is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
38,459 New Zealand7
1,313 United States Virgin Islands2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
24,766 Scotland2
810,193 Indonesia1
10,190 Bahrain1
18,969 Wales1
172,258 Germany1
81,201 Switzerland1
36,678 Singapore1
2,505 Congo1
24,176 Qatar1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
821 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
243 Bermuda38
4,481 Trinidad and Tobago26
Countries with hundreds of Looby:
1,418 Ireland382
22,078 England231
11,991 Australia230
21,628 Canada163
95 Antigua and Barbuda115
Countries with thousands of Looby:
25,661 United States1,194
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Thomas Looby worked as workman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 50 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Elizabeth Hamilton and arrived on April 2, 1849. Farmer Mick. Looby, 24 years old Michael Looby, William Looby, aged 26, 25 years old Edward Looby, Michael Looby, Lorry Looby, aged 10, Thomas Looby (20) Immigrant, 20 years old Step. Looby, and 27 other Looby around 57.14% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and servant migrated to US.

From Italy

Laborer James Looby from Italy aboard the Cultivator from Liverpool. He is registered to be 21 years old when he arrived in USA on November 21, 1856.

Looby Namesakes

  • Anne Looby, Actress
  • Anne Looby, Actress
  • Mic Looby, Author
  • Mic Looby, Film director
  • Tosca Looby, Television Director
  • Mic Looby, Author
  • Z. Alexander Looby, Lawyer

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