Loss is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Loss
No. of characters: 4
Origin: United States
Meaning: Worn in Austria and Germany, also present in the Moselle is a name meaning uncertain, as there are many possibilities. Presumably the Middle Low German "los" (= free), the Middle High German "lose" (= sow), a variant of the word Luchs (= lynx, figuratively cunning) or to a short form of Niklaus names (Nicolas) and Ludwig (Louis). The same problem occurs with the name Losse, worn in Belgium and in the North.

How popular is Loss?

Loss is common in United States.

Loss is ranked 39295 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Losses plummeted by 22.89628 per cent to 1182 since 2000 and slipped by 4887 spots and ranked at 21960. The last name was found in around 4 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.49 93.22
Hispanic or Latino 3.21 2.54
Others 1.52 1.83
Black 1.02 1.44
Loss is quite popular family name mostly used in Brazil while Estonia is ahead in terms of density. Around 12476 people have been found who wears Loss as their family name. Loss is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
96,935 Spain10
101,066 Zimbabwe5
3,904 Ivory Coast4
122,390 Belarus4
14,193 Egypt3
32,086 Mexico3
10,762 Hungary3
14,054 China3
4,104 South Korea2
1,136 Mali2
54,641 Sweden2
10,858 Tunisia2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
40,064 Nigeria2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
89,020 Tanzania2
18,718 Thailand2
14,521 Portugal2
54,135 Philippines2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
34,572 Israel2
20,186 Kenya2
19,046 Ireland2
26,532 Chile2
34,681 Norway2
12,844 Pakistan2
7,574 Bangladesh2
49,101 Denmark1
37,779 Serbia1
28,746 Algeria1
1,254 Gibraltar1
29,046 Japan1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
810,193 Indonesia1
19,810 Croatia1
58,885 Poland1
14,373 Jordan1
38,841 Scotland1
118,015 Netherlands1
5,916 Mozambique1
5,553 Taiwan1
6,688 Malawi1
16,283 Lithuania1
1,542 Andorra1
7,292 Vietnam1
18,969 Wales1
19,533 Uruguay1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
41,256 Australia50
75,883 Canada37
137,305 Ukraine26
477,287 India16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
53,069 England70
24,466 Belgium67
Countries with hundreds of Loss:
14,537 Germany706
7,716 Morocco671
15,903 Italy661
16,501 Argentina328
33,969 France294
867 Estonia214
87,828 Russia139
9,948 Austria131
10,773 Switzerland108
3,374 Latvia102
Countries with thousands of Loss:
2,150 Brazil6,932
17,871 United States1,831
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Immigrant Pierce Loss from Great Britain aboard the Isaac Webb from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 26 years old when he arrived in USA on May 21, 1851.

From Italy

24 years old laborer P. Loss who was residing in Italy migrated to USA on March 6, 1882 by Egypt put out from Liverpool.

Loss Namesakes

  • Nikolay Lossky, Philosopher
  • Árpád Lossonczy, Cinematographer
  • Jüri Lossmann, Olympic athlete
  • Jonas Lössl, Soccer player
  • Benson John Lossing, Historian
  • Joann Lõssov, Basketball Player
  • Jonas Lössl, Soccer player
  • Kingsly Loss, Actor
  • Katherine Losse, Writer
  • Pieter Lossie, Actor

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