The Loya surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,232 people carried this name — #2,931 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 24,100 people counted. That is up 23% from 9,929 in 2000.

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In print

Loya in American newspapers,
1922.

Newspaper page from Bisbee Daily Review carrying the name Loya
Bisbee Daily Review 1922-09-05
Newspaper page from Bisbee Daily Review carrying the name Loya
Bisbee Daily Review 1922-09-06
Newspaper page from Tombstone Epitaph carrying the name Loya
Tombstone Epitaph 1922-09-10

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 19,952 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Loya in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1960s.

280 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Loya. The most, 57, date from the 1890s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Queensland, at 1.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 100
Queensland 92
Victoria 47
South Australia 21
Western Australia 11
Tasmania 6
ACT (Canberra) 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Loya.

Who carried it

People named Loya,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Arieh R. Loya 1925–2001 · orientalist
  • Arieh R. Loya 1925–2001 · orientalist
  • Arieh R. Loya 1926–2001 · orientalist
  • Arieh R. Loya 1926–2001 · orientalist

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Loya,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States419 records

419 records of the Loya name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 252
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 89
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 47
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 14
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 10
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Lorenzo Loya

    Born 1924 in Texas. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Bliss El Paso; farm hand from El Paso County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Paul Nelson Loya

    Born 1948; from Fultonville, New York. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Salomon Loya

    Arrived at New York in 1904 aboard the Patricia from Cuxhaven, aged 16; laborer. From Yeteli, Russia.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 419 records for Loya in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

France2 records

2 records of the Loya name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Refka Loya

    Born 1912 in Turkey; died 1992 in La Seyne-sur-Mer (Var).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Sarina Loya

    Born 1920 in Greece; died 1999 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Germany1 record

1 record of the Loya name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Adolf Loya

    From Aschersleben. Listed as returned from captivity in the German casualty list of 12 September 1919 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 27).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

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