Explore the Family Name Loane

The meaning of Loane

English, Scottish, and Irish: variant of Loan.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Loane in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Loane saw a slight decrease in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 68,172nd most popular and dropped to the 69,793rd spot by 2010, marking a 2.38% decline. Despite this drop in rank, the count of individuals with the Loane surname actually increased from 270 in 2000 to 281 in 2010, an increase of 4.07%. The proportion of people named Loane per 100,000 remained constant at 0.1 throughout this period.

20002010Change
Rank#68,172#69,793-2.38%
Count2702814.07%
Proportion per 100k0.10.10%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Loane

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority of people bearing the Loane surname identified as White in both 2000 and 2010, though there was a slight decrease from 91.11% to 87.90%. Those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander made up the second largest group, increasing significantly from 4.81% in 2000 to 7.47% in 2010. There was also a new emergence of individuals identifying as Hispanic in 2010 that were not present in the 2000 data. Individuals who identified with two or more races decreased slightly from 2.59% to 2.14%, while the percentages for Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native remained at zero for both years.

20002010Change
White91.11%87.9%-3.52%
Asian/Pacific Islander4.81%7.47%55.3%
Two or More Races2.59%2.14%-17.37%
Hispanic0%2.14%0%
Black0%0%0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native0%0%0%