Loyau
surname · French · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Loyau is a surname, most frequently recorded in France. It appears chiefly in French and English, written in the Latin script.
- FRFrance1 in 106K◐
- DKDenmark1 in 1.6M
- BEBelgium1 in 2.9M
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world●
| Country | Share of this name | |
|---|---|---|
| FR France | 2,640 | 97% |
| US United States | 15 | 1% |
| BE Belgium | 13 | 1% |
| DK Denmark | 8 | 1% |
| CA Canada | 7 | 1% |
≈2,683 recorded bearers across the countries shown (a sample of the full distribution).
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- French2.6K98%
- English271%
- German151%
- Danish81%
- Dutch71%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| French | 2,649 | 98% |
| English | 27 | 1% |
| German | 15 | 1% |
| Danish | 8 | 1% |
| Dutch | 7 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 43 |
| 1901 | 64 |
| 1911 | 55 |
| 1921 | 96 |
| 1931 | 79 |
| 1941 | 114 |
| 1951 | 112 |
| 1961 | 107 |
| 1971 | 92 |
| 1981 | 89 |
| 1991 | 77 |
FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 11 years between 1891–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- George Ettienne Loyaub. 1835AUAnglo-Australian journalist and author (1835-1898)
- Marcel Loyaub. 1895FRFrench sculptor (1895–1936)
- Laurent Loyaub. 1963FRFrench politician
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 6 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 114 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 112 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 107 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 96 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 92 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 89 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 79 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 77 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 64 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 55 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 43 | — |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 5 | #105,706 |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-06 data build · 15 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Loyau?
- Our records include 2,683 bearers of Loyau across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Loyau have the most bearers?
- Loyau is most frequently recorded in France.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Loyau”. Data snapshot 2026-08-31.