The loose Surname

loose Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from Loose in Kent or Suffolk, both named from Old English hlose ‘pigsty’.
Dutch: variant of Loos 3.
German: variant of Loos 1.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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loose Family Facts

Distribution of loose Families in the US in 1920

Number of loose families

65-128

22-64

1-21

Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 44 - Messages: 107

Thread	Author	Replies
Irene Loose	JuneBarker74	0
Edith Elizabeth Loose - South Africa - circa 1905	smisouth	0
Loose in Heringen/Werra (Hessen)	WGFGER	0
Looking for relatives	MaryNeuman11	0
Loose from Kraft Russia	loosew	3
LOOSE	Pat Melville	6
Loose from Norfolk England	Harriet	14
Casper Loos	Bobbie Hamsher	0
Loose relations in Illinois	Chuck Rhinesmith	0
Theodore LOHSE (LOOSE) Wisconsin b 1890	George	0

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