Popularity of the last name by country
Netherlands
- Zuid-Holland (137)
- Zeeland (40)
- Noord-Holland (26)
- Limburg (17)
- Noord-Brabant (15)
- Gelderland (13)
- Groningen (7)
- Fryslân | Friesland (5)
- Utrecht (2)
- Overijssel (1)
All countries
- France (7,073)
- United States (5,037)
- Canada (1,031)
- Belgium (937)
- Spain (917)
- Austria (640)
- United Kingdom (585)
- Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (560)
- Netherlands (427)
- Hungary (266)
- Australia (245)
- Unknown country (239)
- Germany (219)
- New Zealand (155)
- Chile (81)
- Switzerland (48)
- Denmark (46)
- Finland (37)
- Algeria (32)
- Mexico (30)
- Italy (25)
- Ireland (24)
- Luxembourg (22)
- Romania (17)
- Puerto Rico (16)
- Poland (14)
- Colombia (13)
- Czech republic (13)
- Argentina (11)
- Norway (9)
- Portugal (9)
- Russian Federation (8)
- Estonia (6)
- India (6)
- Paraguay (6)
- Sweden (6)
- Lebanon (5)
- Mauritius (5)
- Turkey (5)
- Brazil (4)
Origine of last name
LOIS : 1: Portuguese and Galician: from a local variant of the personal names <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Luis">Luis</a> or Eloi (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Loy">Loy</a>).2: Greek: from a Hellenized form of the French personal name <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Louis">Louis</a>. In North America this surname may also be a shortening of Loizos (or its patronymic Loizidis) which have the same origin.3: Greek: from a pet form of personal names ending in -logos such as Palaiologos.
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