Looby
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English
Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Lúbaigh (“descendant of Lúbach”), a byname originally applied to a cunning person, from lúbach (“looped, coiled; crafty, tricky”).
Proper noun
Looby (plural Loobys)
- A surname from Irish.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Looby is the 25503rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 969 individuals. Looby is most common among White (83.38%) and Black/African American (11.97%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Looby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 458.