The Loose surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,298 people carried this name — #12,393 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 117,600 people counted.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 241 people named Loose live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in West Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 162 people named Loose.
11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Nord.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
159 people named Loose have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 191 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 9 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
23 people named Loose live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Loose.
- Longobardi 730 · U.S. census
- Loo 3,237 · U.S. census
- Loock 309 · U.S. census
- Loof 161 · U.S. census
- Loor 628 · U.S. census
- Loos 4,216 · U.S. census
- Lootens 382 · U.S. census
- Loots 259 · U.S. census
- Lopes 16,029 · U.S. census
- Lopez 621,536 · U.S. census
- Lopinto 516 · U.S. census
- Lopresti 3,114 · U.S. census
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