Explore the Family Name Van Loo

The meaning of Van Loo

Dutch and Flemish: habitational name for someone from any of several places in the Netherlands and in Belgium, in particular Lo in West Flanders, or any of several places called with lo(o) ‘light open woodland’. See also Vandeloo.

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How common is the last name Van Loo in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Van Loo has seen a slight decrease in rank from 2000 to 2010, moving from 28,489 to 28,679. However, the count or the number of people with this surname increased by 5.46 percent, growing from 788 in 2000 to 831 in 2010. This change resulted in a minor decrease in the proportion per 100,000 people, sliding down 3.45 percent from 0.29 to 0.28.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#28,489	#28,679	-0.67%
Count	788	831	5.46%
Proportion per 100k	0.29	0.28	-3.45%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Van Loo

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority of individuals with the Van Loo surname identify as white, making up 92.64 percent in 2000 and slightly decreasing to 92.18 percent in 2010. The second largest ethnic identity group is Black, which saw an increase of 21.97 percent, moving from 3.55 percent in 2000 to 4.33 percent in 2010. Meanwhile, the percentage of those identifying as Hispanic slightly increased from 1.40 to 1.44 percent. The proportion of individuals who identify with two or more races decreased by 14.29 percent, from 1.40 percent in 2000 to 1.20 percent in 2010. There were no reported individuals of Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native descent in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	92.64%	92.18%	-0.5%
Black	3.55%	4.33%	21.97%
Hispanic	1.4%	1.44%	2.86%
Two or More Races	1.4%	1.2%	-14.29%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%