Explore the Family Name Loisel

The meaning of Loisel

French: from Old French oisel ‘bird’, with fused definite article l’, used as a nickname for a flighty individual or perhaps for a small birdlike person, but possibly also as a metonymic occupational name for a bird-catcher. Some characteristic forenames: French Alcide, Jean Marie, Micheline.

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

According to the data derived from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Loisel ranked 48,877 in popularity in 2000 and dropped slightly to 50,362 in 2010, marking a change of -3.04%. However, the count of individuals with the Loisel surname increased slightly by 2.47% from 405 in 2000 to 415 in 2010. The proportion of individuals per 100,000 with the Loisel surname also decreased by -6.67% during this decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#48,877	#50,362	-3.04%
Count	405	415	2.47%
Proportion per 100k	0.15	0.14	-6.67%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Loisel

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that in 2000, 91.85% of individuals with the Loisel surname identified as White, and this percentage increased slightly to 92.77% by 2010. Those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander accounted for 2.72% in 2000 and decreased marginally to 2.65% in 2010. Likewise, those identifying with two or more races represented 4.44% in 2000 and dropped significantly to 2.89% in 2010. Interestingly, there was a small emergence of Hispanic identification within this surname group, moving from 0% in 2000 to 1.20% in 2010. There were no reported changes among the Black and American Indian and Alaskan Native categories during this period.

	2000	2010	Change
White	91.85%	92.77%	1%
Two or More Races	4.44%	2.89%	-34.91%
Asian/Pacific Islander	2.72%	2.65%	-2.57%
Hispanic	0%	1.2%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%