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The LOUGHLIN surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 3,227 9287 0.001 12
United States (1880 census) 1,129 4936 0.002 23
Change since 1880 +2098 -4351 -0.001 -11
Other Countries
Australia 200 7543 0.001 12
United Kingdom 2,062 2884 0.004 45
Top States for LOUGHLIN by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
New York 538 3350 0.003 28
Massachusetts 405 2072 0.006 64
New Jersey 320 2761 0.004 38
Pennsylvania 252 5627 0.002 21
California 248 9857 0.001 7
Top States for LOUGHLIN by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
New Hampshire 80 2243 0.006 65
Massachusetts 405 2072 0.006 64
Connecticut 135 3144 0.004 40
New Jersey 320 2761 0.004 38
Rhode Island 37 4014 0.004 35

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called LOUGHLIN live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called LOUGHLIN represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called LOUGHLIN in New York than any other state, but you are more likely to find a LOUGHLIN by picking someone at random in New Hampshire than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of LOUGHLIN

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Ireland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the LOUGHLIN surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the LOUGHLIN surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of LOUGHLIN in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 56 1.74
Mixed Race 37 1.15
Asian/Pacific 25 0.77
Black/African American 9 0.28
Native American/Alaskan 5 0.15
White (Caucasian) 3,095 95.91

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the LOUGHLIN surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of LOUGHLIN in historical publications

The ancient Britons or Welsh called the Baltic Sea Lychlyn, and the Scandinavian sea-pirates who infested the coasts of Britain received the same appellation. Norway is called Llychlyn.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


Similar names to LOUGHLIN

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as LOUGHLIN.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for LOUGHLIN

The following words are slight variants of LOUGHLIN that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.