Loran

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English

Etymology 1

Two main origins:

A variant of the Irish surname Loughran.
Borrowed from Catalan Lorán, a surname popular in Venezuela.

Proper noun

Loran (plural Lorans)

A surname.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Loran is the 36286^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 617 individuals. Loran is most common among White (61.59%) and Hispanic/Latino (25.12%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Loran”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 460.

Etymology 2

Noun

Loran (uncountable)

Alternative letter-case form of LORAN.

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