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Early Origins of the Loose family

The surname Loose was first found in Suffolk where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the year 1300.

Early History of the Loose family

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Loose Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Loss, Losse, Loose, Loosse and others.

Early Notables of the Loose family

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Loose Ranking

In the United States, the name Loose is the 13,467th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Ireland Migration of the Loose family to Ireland

Some of the Loose family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
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United States Loose migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Loose Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Franz Loose, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1792
Loose Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Christine Loose, aged 23, who arrived in America in 1837 2
  • Carl and Amalie Loose, who established themselves in Texas in 1849
  • Anna Loose, aged 41, who immigrated to America, in 1894
Loose Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Adolf Loose, aged 41, who immigrated to the United States from Berlin, Germany, in 1907
  • Eduard Loose, aged 33, who immigrated to the United States from Hamburg, Germany, in 1912
  • Bela Loose, aged 23, who settled in America from Berlin, Germany, in 1913
  • Edonard Loose, aged 26, who settled in America from Thourout, Belgium, in 1913
  • Anna Loose, aged 17, who landed in America from Pankow, Germany, in 1913
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

New Zealand Loose migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Loose Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century
  • Frederick Loose, aged 19, a labourer, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Golden Sea" in 1874
  • Heins Loose, aged 26, a labourer, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Terpsichore" in 1876

Contemporary Notables of the name Loose (post 1700) +

  • Ralf Loose (b. 1963), German football coach and former player


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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