Loughran is used as a family name or surname in Ireland. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Loughran
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Ireland
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Loughran

How popular is Loughran?

Loughran is common in Ireland.

Loughran is ranked 47696 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Loughrans grew by 14.86117 per cent to 2937 since 2000 and ranked 10844 after elevating 489 spots. The last name was found in around 10 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.82 96.95
Hispanic or Latino 2.01 1.37
Others 1.63 0.94
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
0.85 0.59
Loughran is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Northern Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 10028 people have been found who wears Loughran as their family name. Loughran is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
381,097 Ukraine4
67,494 South Africa3
108,034 Italy3
20,595 China2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
9,185 Hong Kong2
1,333 Guam2
3,791 Namibia2
123,175 Tanzania1
30,360 Thailand1
1,704,541 India1
174,544 Czech Republic1
49,101 Denmark1
2,613 The Bahamas1
36,678 Singapore1
66,560 Philippines1
3,275 Nepal1
28,365 Kenya1
29,046 Japan1
9,591 Panama1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
49,869 Spain38
26,164 Sweden36
23,443 Norway26
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
4,105 Wales90
10,776 New Zealand62
Countries with hundreds of Loughran:
10,557 Canada373
8,425 Australia336
2,440 Scotland282
71,225 Germany134
Countries with thousands of Loughran:
10,707 United States3,387
3,510 England2,167
155 Northern Ireland1,884
653 Ireland1,119
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Mary-Ann Loughran worked as maid and hailed from Derry, Ireland. During the great famine, 16 years old embarked for New-York from Liverpool on Virginian and arrived on May 15, 1846. Patrick Loughran (22) Workman, Johanna Loughran, aged 20, Infant John Loughran, Thomas Loughran (21) Farmer, Owen Loughran, aged 40, U Loughran (30) , Pat Loughran (17) Workman, Barney Loughran, aged 11, and 43 other Loughran around 44% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and spinster, tailoress migrated to US.

Loughran Namesakes

  • James Loughran, Conductor
  • Angus Loughran, Commentator
  • Beatrix Loughran, Olympic athlete
  • Eamonn Loughran, Boxer
  • Eamonn Loughran, Boxer
  • Paul Loughran, Actor
  • Jonathan Loughran, Actor
  • Jonathan Loughran, Actor
  • Lisbeth Loughran, Author
  • Marco Loughran, Swimmer
  • In 2011 drama and horror movie, Amy Goes to College, Rachel Loughran played Valerie.

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